Health

News coverage and resources related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

People can still reach a mental health counselor through the lifeline by texting “988” or opening a chat at 988lifeline.org.

“Many of the kids who were born over the pandemic years and have not seen RSV or flu are being impacted more significantly, Dr. Sameer Gupta, Chief Medical Officer for University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, told MPR News Thursday.

The new strike threat covers more than a dozen hospitals around the Twin Cities and Duluth. Nurses walked out for three days in September. Despite the vote, Gov. Tim Walz said he’s “still incredibly hopeful” that a deal can be worked out.

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections, an investigation finds.

Minnesota health officials are expanding the list of conditions that qualify for the state’s medical cannabis program to include IBS and OCD.

One in ten Americans have diabetes. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about new ways of understanding this chronic disease and what we can do to help prevent type 2 diabetes and manage it.

An attorney for North Dakota has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down an injunction that had blocked the state’s abortion ban, saying a lower court judge was wrong to grant it.

Improv comedy is about more than making people laugh. It can help performers be more creative and self-assured — and combat anxiety, both on and off stage.

In a large study, the experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline by 27 percent in people in the early stages of the disease.