Poll: Americans want abortion restrictions, but not as far as red states are going
Supporters cheer up as Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks at the Women’s March in Los Angeles Saturday, April 15, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP Americans increasingly see themselves as supportive of the right to have an abortion and disagree with the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision last year overturning the guaranteed right to an abortion in this […]
Sneezing and sniffling? Spring allergies are intensifying with climate change
Spring allergies can sneak up on people. If you’ve been rubbing your eyes, sniffling and sneezing, you could be suffering from allergies. When spring comes to Minnesota, trees pop with pollen and melting snow releases mold spores into the air. Both of these are common allergens that can trigger an overactive immune system response. One […]
Sneezing and sniffling? Spring allergies are intensifying with climate change
Spring allergies can sneak up on people. If you’ve been rubbing your eyes, sniffling and sneezing, you could be suffering from allergies. When spring comes to Minnesota, trees pop with pollen and melting snow releases mold spores into the air. Both of these are common allergens that can trigger an overactive immune system response. One […]
What lessons have we learned from the COVID pandemic?
People wait in line at a walk-up vaccination site in Washington, D.C., in November 2021. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The United States is moving on from COVID-19. Well, at least the federal government is. President Joe Biden signed a resolution to end the national emergency to respond to the pandemic. In May, the White […]
North Dakota governor signs 6-week abortion ban into law
Updated: April 25, 11:50 a.m. North Dakota on Monday adopted one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country as Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed legislation banning the procedure throughout pregnancy, with slim exceptions up to six weeks’ gestation. In those early weeks, abortions would only be allowed in cases of rape or incest, or […]
Sneezing and sniffling? Spring allergies are intensifying with climate change
Spring allergies can sneak up on people. If you’ve been rubbing your eyes, sniffling and sneezing, you could be suffering from allergies. When spring comes to Minnesota, trees pop with pollen and melting snow releases mold spores into the air. Both of these are common allergens that can trigger an overactive immune system response. One […]
Diet culture can hurt kids. This author advises parents to reclaim the word ‘fat’
Getty Images By the time they enter kindergarten, most American children believe that being “thin” makes them more valuable to society, writes journalist Virginia Sole-Smith. By middle school, Sole-Smith says, more than a quarter of kids in the U.S. will have been put on a diet. Sole-Smith produces the newsletter and podcast Burnt Toast, where […]
As lawmakers prepare to debate marijuana legalization, a Minnesota psychiatrist weighs in
[MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: The Minnesota House is about ready to start its floor session for the day, and it is expected to be a long day as lawmakers are set to debate a 300 page bill that would legalize marijuana for recreational use in the state. If it is passed, the bill would allow […]
Poll: Two-thirds oppose banning medication abortion
FILE – Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Allen G. Breed/AP Strong majorities of Americans oppose laws banning medication abortion, disagree with judges overturning Food and Drug Administration approval of prescription drugs, don’t have much confidence in the Supreme […]
Demand for culturally-aware mental health providers rises in a more diverse Minnesota
Inside The Luminous Mind in Roseville, you’ll find Middle Eastern hospitality — free tea and coffee at the table in the waiting area. For owner and psychologist Layla Asamarai, comfort starts at the door. “In order to appreciate the decolonization of psychotherapy, one has to realize that psychotherapy is a colonized practice, as it is […]