Only 1 in 5 people with opioid addiction get the medications to treat it, study finds
Suboxone, a branded version of buprenorphine and naloxone, is used to treat opioid addiction. Elise Amendola | AP Imagine if during a deadly public health crisis, 80 percent of Americans weren’t able to get safe, effective medications proven to help people recover. A study published Monday in the JAMA found that’s exactly what’s happening with […]
Immigrants, refugees in Minnesota increasingly filling critical direct care jobs
Six years ago, Rangineh Ralhor moved to Minnesota from Iran. She came to be near her daughter, who was pursuing an astrophysics degree at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Ralhor herself has a joint degree in physics and math. She applied for graduate school at UMD. But she didn’t get in. “The problem was my […]
Immigrants, refugees in Minnesota increasingly filling critical direct care jobs
Six years ago, Rangineh Ralhor moved to Minnesota from Iran. She came to be near her daughter, who was pursuing an astrophysics degree at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Ralhor herself has a joint degree in physics and math. She applied for graduate school at UMD. But she didn’t get in. “The problem was my […]
What the U.S. could learn from Japan about making healthy living easier
The author awaits a bowl of ramen noodles in a Tokyo restaurant. Yuki Noguchi/NPR I was born and raised in the American Midwest, but love visiting my parents’ homeland in Japan. Central to every trip there is always the food: Oh my goodness, the food. Eating is a raging national obsession here, with good reason. […]
What the U.S. could learn from Japan about making healthy living easier
The author awaits a bowl of ramen noodles in a Tokyo restaurant. Yuki Noguchi/NPR I was born and raised in the American Midwest, but love visiting my parents’ homeland in Japan. Central to every trip there is always the food: Oh my goodness, the food. Eating is a raging national obsession here, with good reason. […]
The FDA approves the first pill specifically intended to treat postpartum depression
A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas on May 18. U.S. health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat severe depression after childbirth, a condition that affects thousands of new mothers in the U.S. each year. LM Otero/AP Federal health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat […]
RSV prevention shot for babies gets OK from CDC
RSV can be dangerous for infants. A new treatment to prevent the respiratory illness is on track to be available this fall. JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF This fall, for the first time, many babies in the U.S. will be eligible to get a shot to fend off RSV, a respiratory virus that can cause […]
RSV prevention shot for babies gets OK from CDC
RSV can be dangerous for infants. A new treatment to prevent the respiratory illness is on track to be available this fall. JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF This fall, for the first time, many babies in the U.S. will be eligible to get a shot to fend off RSV, a respiratory virus that can cause […]
The FDA approves the first pill specifically intended to treat postpartum depression
A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas on May 18. U.S. health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat severe depression after childbirth, a condition that affects thousands of new mothers in the U.S. each year. LM Otero/AP Federal health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat […]
Minnesota health data: Opioid impacts remain high, COVID-19 levels remain low
Amid recent reports concerning increases in COVID-19 activity and a rising subvariant (EG.5), we take a closer look at one of the best remaining sources of COVID-19 data: wastewater monitoring. We also try to help you parse what percentage changes represent when baseline levels are low, as is currently the case with COVID-19 in Minnesota. […]