Nurses picket in Minneapolis as threat of massive strike looms
More than 15,000 nurses throughout Minnesota could walk off the job if a deal isn't made with hospitals.
Twin Cities hospital making commitment to furthering diversity
Hennepin Healthcare will host its first-ever people of color career fair Saturday, and right now the need for workers in the healthcare industry couldn't be greater.
Hennepin Healthcare works to inspire Black youth to become doctors
Black physicians are drastically underrepresented in medicine. Hennepin Healthcare is trying to change that.
Hennepin Healthcare works to inspire Black youth to become doctors
Black physicians are drastically underrepresented in medicine. Hennepin Healthcare is trying to change that.
Next Step program at Hennepin Healthcare aims to make streets safer
Kentral Galloway, director of the Next Step program at Hennepin Healthcare, and his team provides immediate hospital bedside support to young shooting victims and their families in an effort to interrupt the cycle of community violence.
Hennepin Healthcare: Choose. Doctor or police officer?
Hennepin Healthcare employs more than 800 medical providers. Three work for law enforcement agencies.
Doctors discuss natural immunity, post-COVID activities
At this point in the current COVID-19 surge, it seems everyone knows someone dealing with an infection. As people with mild cases start to feel better and come out of quarantines, many are wondering what omicron immunity actual means. FOX 9 spoke with two doctors about what they recommend.
New premature birth report card shows glaring Minnesota disparties
The number of overall preterm births in Minnesota are dropping, but only if the mothers are white.
Hennepin Healthcare hosts summit for Black male youth interested in medical careers
The Black Men with Stethoscopes Youth Summit, hosted by healthcare professionals at Hennepin Healthcare, aims to engage and inspire young Black men ages 12-18 to pursue medical careers. It gives them the opportunity to experience real-life simulations and develop helpful tools for their long-term goals.
U.S. military medical team arrives at HCMC to relieve COVID backup
U.S. soldiers deployed Tuesday to two Minnesota hospitals that care for some of the sickest COVID-19 patients and are facing staff shortages.
Minnesota health care providers, facing staffing squeeze, turn to soldiers for help
Minnesota's health care workforce is stretched so thin during one of the country's worst COVID-19 surges that the state is increasingly turning to the military for help.
‘People are exhausted’: Health care worker shortage leaves hospitals in a pinch
Since July, COVID hospitalizations in Minnesota have only been going up as health care systems deal with one of the worst labor shortages in history.
Hennepin Healthcare partners with MDH to bring routine care to kids
Healthcare workers are bridging the gap and making it easy to get caught up on vaccinations and child exams, at a time when those essential visits are falling behind.
Midwives celebrate 50 years of service at Hennepin Healthcare
There aren’t many workplaces where coworkers can say they’ve helped deliver each other’s babies, but Hennepin Healthcare is one, and on Saturday Minnesota’s first certified midwife service celebrated 50 years of delivering babies.
Hennepin Healthcare announces COVID-19 vaccine requirement for staff
Hennepin Healthcare is issuing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for its employees, becoming the latest Twin Cities metro hospital to make such an announcement.
Hennepin EMS union: New blue uniforms look too much like police
A union representing Hennepin Healthcare EMS paramedics and dispatchers says new uniforms chosen by management for its members too closely resemble police uniforms.
Mascot at Hennepin Healthcare celebrates 10 years of service
The mascot for Hennepin Healthcare celebrated 10 years of service as the mascot for the hospital.
Mascot at Hennepin Healthcare celebrates 10 years of service
The mascot for Hennepin Healthcare celebrated 10 years of service as the mascot for the hospital.
Hennepin Healthcare supports young entrepreneur while supporting healthcare workers
The Hennepin Healthcare Foundation is using money donated to support and nourish local healthcare workers to also support local businesses like Princess Paige Lemonade.
COVID-19 precautions keep flu cases historically low in Minnesota
While the world's focus is on COVID-19, those at Hennepin Healthcare’s urgent care in Minneapolis are still testing for the virus that usually dominates these winter months.