Northern Minnesota community college offers cannabis classes
Minnesota State Community and Technical College is offering the first cannabis industry classes in northern Minnesota. M State has campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. The cannabis certificates will all be nine-week classes offered online. Cannabis training company Green Flower will provide the content for the certificate classes. “This was a fairly […]
Hopeful downticks in COVID-19, RSV and flu
While just one new week’s worth of data does not indicate a clear trend, it is worth noting when that one week may signal a change. Especially if it is a hopeful one, as suggested in the downticks in all three major respiratory illnesses currently active in the state: COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and […]
Hopeful downticks in COVID-19, RSV and flu
While just one new week’s worth of data does not indicate a clear trend, it is worth noting when that one week may signal a change. Especially if it is a hopeful one, as suggested in the downticks in all three major respiratory illnesses currently active in the state: COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and […]
New gene-editing tools may help wipe out mosquito-borne diseases
Health officials at Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services study specimens of anopheles mosquitoes that cause malaria, in Sarasota, Fla. on June 30. Chandan Khanna | AFP via Getty Images 2023 In the age-old war of human versus mosquitoes, the bugs have been winning. At least 700,000 people die every year from mosquito-borne diseases such as […]
New gene-editing tools may help wipe out mosquito-borne diseases
Health officials at Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services study specimens of anopheles mosquitoes that cause malaria, in Sarasota, Fla. on June 30. Chandan Khanna | AFP via Getty Images 2023 In the age-old war of human versus mosquitoes, the bugs have been winning. At least 700,000 people die every year from mosquito-borne diseases such as […]
Better wellness visits, healthier kids: Minnesota pediatricians try a new approach
Tens of thousands of kids come through the Children’s Minnesota clinic in Minneapolis each year for their monthly or biannual well-child visits. As a result, pediatrician Patricia Hickey sees a lot of patients for only short periods of time. Doctors, she said, may only get about 20 minutes to assess a child’s physical growth, illnesses, […]
JN.1 takes over as the most prevalent COVID-19 variant. Here’s what you need to know
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that up to 86 percent of new COVID-19 cases stem from the latest mutation, JN.1. Rogelio V. Solis | AP A new, fast-spreading variant of COVID-19 is sweeping across the nation, making it the most widely circulating iteration of the virus in the U.S. and around the […]
Minnesota-made podcast shares how to ‘speak up for your health’
CATHY WURZER: Navigating the doctor’s office is something obviously we’ve all had to do. Sometimes it can be kind of frustrating. Maybe you can’t access your medical records or you feel like you’re not getting the care you need. It can be tough to advocate for yourself. And one Minnesota doctor is empowering patients to […]
Minnesota auditor finds missteps in cannabis boss hire but won’t launch further probe
Updated: 10:50 a.m. Minnesota’s legislative auditor concluded Thursday that missed standard background check steps contributed to the botched appointment of an Office of Cannabis Management director, resulting in an embarrassing misstep for the Walz administration. Auditor Judy Randall released a preliminary assessment of the situation that led to the quick resignation of Erin DuPree, after […]
The colonoscopies were free but the ‘surgical trays’ came with $600 price tags
Chantal Panozzo and her husband, who live in the Chicago suburbs, expected their first routine colonoscopies would be free — fully covered by insurance as preventive care under federal law. Taylor Glascock/KFF Health News Chantal Panozzo and her husband followed their primary care doctors’ orders last year after they both turned 45, now the recommended […]