Health

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines for treating concussions and other mild traumatic brain injuries in children.

More than 300 people are estimated to be living in tents near Hiawatha and Franklin avenues in Minneapolis. The Wall of Forgotten Natives, as some are calling it, is the largest homeless encampment in recent Minnesota history.

Cultural practices, resettlement struggles and the challenges of finding dentists who'll take Medicaid patients make good oral hygiene extremely difficult for refugees. Advocates say it's a serious health issue that can lead to future health problems.

Minnesota has confirmed a third case of measles in the last six weeks.

Colleagues think Eric Leonard would approve of their efforts to transform a room used for interviewing children affected by crime.

Oncologists approach cancer treatment with moderate and personalized therapies.

Thousands of foster children may be getting powerful psychiatric drugs prescribed to them without basic safeguards, says a federal watchdog agency that found a failure to care for youngsters whose lives have already been disrupted.

Marijuana dispensaries are reaching out to seniors seeking help with the aches and pains of aging. They're discovering an array of products, and some interesting side effects.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says a previously stated goal of clearing a growing homeless encampment in the city by the end of September may have to be pushed back.

Cheap knock-offs don't provide anywhere near the protection or durability of the products they replace. And most riders won't be able to tell the difference between real and counterfeit helmets.

Proposals in several cities to offer drug users access to a safe space to consume drugs have caused a political stir, but what do we really know about the effectiveness of safe injection sites?

Officials began searching for the woman after test results showed the bats did have rabies. After talking with her, investigators believe she is not at risk for contracting the fatal disease.

The warning from the Food and Drug Administration marks a stark shift in the agency's tone on e-cigarettes, which have become the most used tobacco product among teenagers.

UCare said it will begin offering its 30,000 non-group health plan members hundreds of dollars in healthy food discounts this month.

The unidentified woman who left two dead bats at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center on Thursday may not realize she was potentially exposed to the disease, officials said Tuesday.

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is out with a new documentary about the Mayo Clinic, which he calls Minnesota's "Grand Canyon."

Money has poured into Alzheimer's research, but until very recently not much of it went toward investigating infection in causing dementia. A million dollar prize may lead more scientists to try.

When it opened in 1968, the intensive care unit in downtown Minneapolis for newborns used tubes to feed babies in incubators. Tiny babies born very early rarely survived, let alone thrived.

The Department of Human Services is removing the requirement for prescribers to check with the agency before prescribing the medication buprenorphine.