Health Care

The leaders of Fairview Health Services and Sanford Health said Monday that they want to close their proposed merger by the end of March despite opposition and concern at the state Capitol

Public health officials in Minnesota are growing increasingly concerned about Xylazine, a powerful animal sedative known by the street name “tranq” that is being mixed with the local illicit fentanyl supply.

The Ukrainian soldiers who come to Minnesota to be fitted with prosthetic limbs have been face a long road to recovery. In that journey, they have an unlikely source of inspiration: a blind woman from Eden Prairie who knows a thing or two about adjusting to sudden setbacks.

The state of Minnesota is closing its four remaining state-run COVID-19 testing sites this week. 

Michael Puff, 71, has been at Fairview Hospital for 8 months with complex medical needs. On January 10, his family received a letter from M Health Fairview, informing them they would no longer be allowed to visit him unless they were taking him from the hospital.

A big proposal came from the University of Minnesota on Thursday to take back ownership of its medical facilities and build a new hospital.

Each and every Wednesday, volunteer Sheila Johnson wears many hats inside Brooklyn Park's J.A. Wedum Residential Hospice.

The FDA is considering accelerated approval of a new drug shown to attack amyloid plaque in the human brain, a contributing cause of cognitive dysfunction in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.  The FDA is expected to reach a decision by Friday, January 6.

The Minnesota Department of Health is shutting down its COVID-19 vaccination site at the Mall of America in Bloomington on Friday, Dec. 30. 

Mackenzie Meier never knew anything was wrong. Winter came and left leaving the 22-year-old dance instructor running from rehearsals to competitions. But by April, the exhaustion set in.

Nearly three months after delivering twin babies in an ambulance, two local EMS workers were formally introduced to the little girls that they helped bring into the world. For the babies’ parents, the meeting was also an opportunity to give thanks.

New contract agreements have been accepted between MNA nurses and more than a dozen hospitals throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, averting a strike over a dispute that sought to put “patients over profits” – increasing staffing levels and wages in the process.

Nursing schools are preparing students to head into an environment that has been largely affected by pandemic burnout and staffing shortages.