Updated COVID vaccine administered to one in eight Minnesotans
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, we want to get you the latest COVID-19 data, starting with an update on vaccinations in Minnesota. As of Nov. 13, roughly 720,000 doses of the recently available updated COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Minnesota, accounting for just over 13 percent of the population. In other vaccine […]
Updated COVID vaccine administered to one in eight Minnesotans
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, we want to get you the latest COVID-19 data, starting with an update on vaccinations in Minnesota. As of Nov. 13, roughly 720,000 doses of the recently available updated COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Minnesota, accounting for just over 13 percent of the population. In other vaccine […]
Rosalynn Carter, 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home
The former first lady Rosalynn Carter speaks to the press at conference at The Carter Center on Nov. 5, 2019, in Atlanta, G.A. Rosalynn Carter, the 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, the Carter Center says. Ron Harris | AP 2019 Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is in hospice care at […]
Rosalynn Carter, 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home
The former first lady Rosalynn Carter speaks to the press at conference at The Carter Center on Nov. 5, 2019, in Atlanta, G.A. Rosalynn Carter, the 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, the Carter Center says. Ron Harris | AP 2019 Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is in hospice care at […]
Power Pairs: Former Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm and polar explorer Ann Bancroft
Forty years ago, Ann Bancroft and Jan Malcolm met on a basketball court and became close friends. That was long before Malcolm went on to serve as Minnesota Health Commissioner under three Minnesota governors and then guided the state through the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also before Bancroft became the first woman to reach the […]
Power Pairs: Former Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm and polar explorer Ann Bancroft
Forty years ago, Ann Bancroft and Jan Malcolm met on a basketball court and became close friends. That was long before Malcolm went on to serve as Minnesota Health Commissioner under three Minnesota governors and then guided the state through the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also before Bancroft became the first woman to reach the […]
‘Loss of words’: UW-River Falls community mourns death of three students in a month
Billie Donahue was a junior at University of Wisconsin-River Falls when she met then-freshman Isabella Chavira in psychology class last year. Donahue, originally from Andover, had just transferred to UWRF and Chavira was one of the first people she became friends with on campus after Chavira complimented her Chicago Bulls jersey. They started seeing each […]
‘Loss of words’: UW-River Falls community mourns death of three students in a month
Billie Donahue was a junior at University of Wisconsin-River Falls when she met then-freshman Isabella Chavira in psychology class last year. Donahue, originally from Andover, had just transferred to UWRF and Chavira was one of the first people she became friends with on campus after Chavira complimented her Chicago Bulls jersey. They started seeing each […]
University of Minnesota launches Cannabis Research Center
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health launched a new Cannabis Research Center on Thursday. The center will conduct research aimed at assessing the health impacts of the state’s recent legalization of recreational cannabis for adults, and help inform future policies and practices as the new law is rolled out. When state lawmakers made […]
First director of UMN Cannabis Research Center on studying the impact of marijuana legalization in Minnesota
Nearly half of states in the nation now allow recreational cannabis use. Minnesota became one of the latest to legalize with the passage of House File 100 earlier this year. The law included two and a half million dollars for the University of Minnesota to study the impact of legalization. The University of Minnesota announced […]