New Ulm Medical Center to close its 10 bed residential addiction services unit
New Ulm Medical Center is planning to close its 10 bed residential addiction services unit. In an email statement on Thursday Allina Health said it made the decision to move away from the hospital-based residential addiction service to a new partial hospitalization and day treatment program. “This decision reflects an increasing demand for partial hospitalization […]
$10M grant to boost cardiac arrest care in Minnesota
There’s a renewed push underway to help Minnesotans survive cardiac arrest. A $10 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will nearly double the number of cardiac intensive care beds at M Health Fairview in the Twin Cities and fund a training center dedicated to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, a technology that takes blood […]
$10M grant to boost cardiac arrest care in Minnesota
There’s a renewed push underway to help Minnesotans survive cardiac arrest. A $10 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will nearly double the number of cardiac intensive care beds at M Health Fairview in the Twin Cities and fund a training center dedicated to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, a technology that takes blood […]
This year’s COVID vaccine rollout is off to a bumpy start, despite high demand
There’s high demand for this fall’s COVID shots, which offer protection against circulating variants of omicron. But there’s been some distribution hiccups. Rogelio V. Solis/AP When federal health officials recommended the next round of COVID-19 boosters for anyone 6 months old or older, doses were supposed to be available right away at pharmacies. But two […]
This year’s COVID vaccine rollout is off to a bumpy start, despite high demand
There’s high demand for this fall’s COVID shots, which offer protection against circulating variants of omicron. But there’s been some distribution hiccups. Rogelio V. Solis/AP When federal health officials recommended the next round of COVID-19 boosters for anyone 6 months old or older, doses were supposed to be available right away at pharmacies. But two […]
St. Paul City Council restricts cannabis, tobacco smoking in public places
The St. Paul City Council has passed an ordinance restricting smoking cannabis, tobacco and hemp products on city-controlled property. The vote passed 4-3. The new ordinance prohibits smoking within 25 feet of public places and places of employment within St. Paul. It also prohibits smoking in city parks and any area designated for recreation by the […]
St. Paul City Council restricts cannabis, tobacco smoking in public places
The St. Paul City Council has passed an ordinance restricting smoking cannabis, tobacco and hemp products on city-controlled property. The vote passed 4-3. The new ordinance prohibits smoking within 25 feet of public places and places of employment within St. Paul. It also prohibits smoking in city parks and any area designated for recreation by the […]
Walz shifts gears on Minnesota cannabis office leader
After a major misfire with his first appointment, Gov. Tim Walz shifted focus Tuesday to find a Minnesota marijuana market oversight official who has regulatory experience rather than coming from within the cannabis industry. Walz resumed his search for somebody to lead the new Office of Cannabis Management after initial appointee Erin DuPree resigned soon […]
Walz shifts gears on Minnesota cannabis office leader
After a major misfire with his first appointment, Gov. Tim Walz shifted focus Tuesday to find a Minnesota marijuana market oversight official who has regulatory experience rather than coming from within the cannabis industry. Walz resumed his search for somebody to lead the new Office of Cannabis Management after initial appointee Erin DuPree resigned soon […]
Scientific dynamic duo aims to stop the next pandemic before it starts
Long-time collaborators Pardis Sabeti (right) of the Broad Institute and Christian Happi of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases in Nigeria, are developing an early-warning system that could flag an emerging pandemic . Jodi Hilton for NPR In the summer of 2014, a passenger landed with a fever at the airport […]