Boil water advisory issued for western Minnesota city
A boil water advisory is in effect for the city of Raymond in western Minnesota. According to an alert from Kandiyohi County, there was a loss of pressure in the water system — and that might have allowed bacterial contamination to happen. The alert did not say what caused the loss of pressure. Raymond residents […]
Minnesota finds increased health risk from ‘forever chemicals’
Perfluorinated chemicals have been widely used for decades in firefighting foam and many household items. They are widespread in the environment and in human bodies and do not break down in the environment. The large class of manmade chemicals was originally developed in Minnesota by Maplewood-based 3M. Based on the latest human research, the Minnesota […]
Minnesota finds increased health risk from ‘forever chemicals’
Perfluorinated chemicals have been widely used for decades in firefighting foam and many household items. They are widespread in the environment and in human bodies and do not break down in the environment. The large class of manmade chemicals was originally developed in Minnesota by Maplewood-based 3M. Based on the latest human research, the Minnesota […]
Minnesota equal rights amendment revamped to include protections for abortion, gender care
Updated: 2 p.m. After coming up short at the Capitol for more than a decade, backers of a Minnesota equal rights amendment view 2024 as their moment. Ahead of the 2024 legislative session, they’re tweaking a proposed addition to Minnesota’s Constitution to address new concerns around equality. That has meant explicitly spelling out rights to pregnancy and […]
Minnesota equal rights amendment revamped to include protections for abortion, gender care
Updated: 2 p.m. After coming up short at the Capitol for more than a decade, backers of a Minnesota equal rights amendment view 2024 as their moment. Ahead of the 2024 legislative session, they’re tweaking a proposed addition to Minnesota’s Constitution to address new concerns around equality. That has meant explicitly spelling out rights to pregnancy and […]
COVID, flu and RSV continue to climb in Minnesota
Toward the beginning of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy’s latest podcast, the center’s director, epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, makes this statement about COVID-19: “there’s no arguing that we’re in the midst of a surge.” Similarly, the title of a recent article in the New York Times began, “We are in a big […]
COVID, flu and RSV continue to climb in Minnesota
Toward the beginning of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy’s latest podcast, the center’s director, epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, makes this statement about COVID-19: “there’s no arguing that we’re in the midst of a surge.” Similarly, the title of a recent article in the New York Times began, “We are in a big […]
UnitedHealth shares tumble after health care giant reports soaring medical costs in 4Q
UnitedHealth Group turned in a better-than-expected fourth quarter but surprised Wall Street with medical costs that soared 16 percent. Shares of UnitedHealth and other major health care and insurance providers slipped Friday after the company announced results. Health insurers dealt with rising medical costs for much of last year. UnitedHealth has said claims jumped from […]
UnitedHealth shares tumble after health care giant reports soaring medical costs in 4Q
UnitedHealth Group turned in a better-than-expected fourth quarter but surprised Wall Street with medical costs that soared 16 percent. Shares of UnitedHealth and other major health care and insurance providers slipped Friday after the company announced results. Health insurers dealt with rising medical costs for much of last year. UnitedHealth has said claims jumped from […]
‘Like a chain reaction’: UW-River Falls grappling with fourth student death in 2 months
About 5,000 students at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls will return to start the spring semester in a little over a week. But junior Juliana Graff knows the campus is still hurting, especially after the death of Mason Crum. He was a junior studying finance. “I can’t really shake that feeling that this is going […]