Deaths from xylazine are on the rise. The White House has a new plan to tackle it
Test strips used to detect fentanyl and xylazine in street drugs, are seen at St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on May 25, 2023. Overdose deaths involving xylazine have soared. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The White House is marshaling a new plan to try to beef up testing, tracking and […]
Deaths from xylazine are on the rise. The White House has a new plan to tackle it
Test strips used to detect fentanyl and xylazine in street drugs, are seen at St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on May 25, 2023. Overdose deaths involving xylazine have soared. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The White House is marshaling a new plan to try to beef up testing, tracking and […]
Coping with a future of smoky skies and poor air quality
Do you remember when you walked outside in June and the sun was smoldering red in a hazy sky? That was pollution in the air from wildfires burning a thousand miles away in Canada, fires made more fierce by drought and climate warming. Minnesota has experienced its worst air quality on record in 2023. The […]
Coping with a future of smoky skies and poor air quality
Do you remember when you walked outside in June and the sun was smoldering red in a hazy sky? That was pollution in the air from wildfires burning a thousand miles away in Canada, fires made more fierce by drought and climate warming. Minnesota has experienced its worst air quality on record in 2023. The […]
An old drug offers a new way to stop STIs
Scientists have shown that the antibiotic doxycycline can ward off illnesses like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. It’s a prevention tool called doxy-PEP. MirageC/Getty Images A promising line of attack against sexually transmitted infections puts a cheap and widely available medication to a new use. The treatment – a form of post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP – […]
An old drug offers a new way to stop STIs
Scientists have shown that the antibiotic doxycycline can ward off illnesses like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. It’s a prevention tool called doxy-PEP. MirageC/Getty Images A promising line of attack against sexually transmitted infections puts a cheap and widely available medication to a new use. The treatment – a form of post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP – […]
Appeals court says Minnesota governor had authority to impose mask mandate
Gov. Tim Walz had the legal authority to mandate face masks when he declared a public health emergency in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday. Walz declared a peacetime emergency in March 2020 and mandated masking in most indoor public spaces in July 2020. The conservative Upper […]
Appeals court says Minnesota governor had authority to impose mask mandate
Gov. Tim Walz had the legal authority to mandate face masks when he declared a public health emergency in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday. Walz declared a peacetime emergency in March 2020 and mandated masking in most indoor public spaces in July 2020. The conservative Upper […]
Use of mental health crisis line soars 1 year after 988’s launch in Minnesota
Minnesota joined the nation in introducing the phone number 988 as a mental health crisis hotline one year ago, localizing and easing access to the service that was before only reachable at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). While the longer number still functions, call center operators said state support for raising awareness of the shorter line contributed to […]
Extreme heat will smother the South from Arizona to Florida
Phoenix is on track to surpass the city’s heat wave record of 18 consecutive days of 110 degrees and above. Caitlin O’Hara | Getty Images After a weekend of broiling heat waves in the Southwest and South Florida, more extreme heat is forecast to build throughout the week. Forecasters say residents of both regions should […]