Cottonwood seeds blowing in Minnesota’s ‘season of sneeze’
The "season of sneeze" is upon many as pollen seasons are overlapping in Minnesota this month.
Minnesota phlebotomist's music lifts cancer patients
Gently drawing blood from patients in the cancer center at Methodist Hospital, Abraham Westlund does his very best to put those sitting in this lab seat at ease as much as he can.
Medical errors at MN hospitals reached new highs in 2023, MDH says
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is reporting a rise in "adverse health events," or preventable medical errors, across the state in 2023, making this the fourth year of increases.
NorthPoint celebrates milestone expansion of campus, CEO retirement
Located in the heart of north Minneapolis, a longstanding health clinic is celebrating a historic campus expansion just as the facility’s CEO calls it a career.
Strides for Stroke Walk highlights pediatric stroke
Nevaeh Anderson was simply going out for a winter walk with her family three years ago when something strange happened.
1st person to receive pig kidney transplant dies nearly 2 months later
Pig kidney transplant recipient Richard Slayman has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure. Here’s what’s known about xenotransplantation.
'Miracle Michael': 4-year-old Edina boy has beat the odds
While many of us take a breath of fresh air for granted, for Michael Borg nothing in life has come easy.
Student-led company at UMN makes sexual health vending machine
In the lobby of Middlebrook Hall, students can help themselves to everything from soda to snacks. But one of the vending machines in this University of Minnesota dorm can also help students take care of their sexual health.
Free Dunkin’ coffee offered to all nurses on National Nurses Day 2024
Nurses can get a free medium hot or iced coffee on May 6, 2024, at Dunkin’. Here’s what to know.
March of Dimes calls attention to maternal mortality rates
The March of Dimes plans to mark Mother's Day while also highlighting a pressing issue: a new report released this past week by the Centers for Disease Control shows that the number of women in the U.S. dying from pregnancy-related complications remains at a crisis level, particularly among women of color.
Children's Minnesota doctors use state-of-art tech to remove teen's tumor
Hospital officials say a Minnetonka boy was one of its first patients to have a procedure in a surgical suite that's a first of its kind in North America.
MN documentary chronicles groundbreaking treatment for rare genetic disease
A rare genetic disease and the new life-saving treatment being offered in Minnesota is the focus of a new documentary that premiered in Minneapolis on Monday.
Cases of head and neck cancers rising in younger people
Experts are seeing an increase in head and neck cancers among younger individuals, even those in their 20s. This year, the American Cancer Society estimates that over 50,000 new cases will be diagnosed, with more than 12,000 lives lost to this terrible disease.
Children's vaccination rates in Minnesota continue to fall, MDH data show
Children's immunization rates in Minnesota continue to get worse, according to Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) data.