Boil water order remains in effect for Minnesota city after water main breaks
Stephen-Argyle Central High School students, teachers and administrators help move bales of straw to insulate temporary, above-ground water lines on Wednesday in Stephen, Minn., after a water main break knocked out water service to much of the community. Courtesy City of Stephen Facebook page A boil water order remained in effect in the northwest Minnesota […]
Poor sleep hurts Black health, Minnesota researchers say
This story comes to you from Sahan Journal through a partnership with MPR News. Sheila Mulrooney Eldred | Sahan Journal Over the last two decades, researchers and policymakers have been paying more and more attention to how everything from housing to racism to pollution influences health — and how these social determinants contribute to health disparities. But newer […]
These 6 tips can help you skip the daylight saving time hangover
Early mornings may still feel dark and wintry, but the season is about to change. This weekend most of the U.S. will “spring forward” — setting clocks forward one hour — as daylight saving time begins. Maja Hitij/Getty Images As clocks march ahead and daylight saving time begins this weekend, you may be anxious about […]
Girls in Texas could get birth control at federal clinics — until a dad sued
The Texas State Capitol in Austin. Teens in the state can no longer get free birth control through federal Title X clinics without getting parental permission first. Eric Gay/AP On the vast Texas Panhandle, raked by wind and relentless sun, women might drive for hours to reach Haven Health, a clinic in Amarillo. One of […]
Walz moves to protect those seeking gender-affirming care
Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday ensuring people who seek and receive gender-affirming care in the state have protection under the law. The move comes after seven states — Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah — banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth and several more have taken up bills that […]
Moderna’s COVID vaccine gambit: Hike the price, offer free doses for uninsured
A vial of the Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, Bivalent. Though the shots are free to pretty much anyone who wants one in the U.S. as long as federal stockpiles hold out, the next update of the vaccine might be costly for some people who lack health insurance. RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. government paid […]
Call To Mind: Seeking Connection
For people of all ages, social connections are critical to health and wellbeing. Experts say we are inherently social creatures — hardwired to engage and depend on others for support throughout our lives. Doctors and health researchers have signaled concerns about loneliness for decades, and forced isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic introduced many more people […]
Dayton calls Sanford, Fairview merger a ‘betrayal’ unless U of M control stays in state
Former Gov. Mark Dayton bluntly told a state Senate committee what he believed was at stake if the Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services controlled the University of Minnesota’s medical facilities after the two health care companies merged. “As the land grant institution, the University of Minnesota and all of its assets are obligated, both […]
5 Texas women denied abortions sue the state, saying the bans put them in danger
Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, speaks near the Texas Capitol in Austin during an event to announce that her group is suing the state on behalf of five women and two doctors. Sarah McCammon/NPR Five women who were denied abortions under Texas law while facing medical crises are suing […]
Lawmakers question timeline, cost of U of M’s nearly billion dollar plan to acquire Fairview facilities
The University of Minnesota’s plan for a medical campus had its first hearing before legislators, some skeptical of the cost and timing involved in the purchase several buildings on its campus from Fairview Health Services. South Dakota-based Sanford Health and Fairview announced that they intended to merge in November. A few months later, in January, […]