Health

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

The Food and Drug Administration decided in August to allow hearing aids to be sold without an exam or prescription. Over-the counter-hearing-aids could be available as soon as October in Minnesota. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, MPR News Angela Davis talks about how to make hearing aids more affordable, accessible and effective. 

The number of women in the workforce has finally returned to pre-pandemic levels, which is good for the economy. But after time away from the job market some women are reassessing their priorities.

Manuela Barreto is a professor of social and organizational psychology at the University of Exeter in the U.K. and will present her research on loneliness at the conference. MPR News host Tom Crann talked with her ahead of her lecture to learn more.

Prescribing medical abortions across state lines is now risky for doctors. "We're talking about something that's a protected right in one state and a felony in a sister state," says one legal scholar.

While there are downward trends, does that mean COVID is “over”? APM Research Lab shows us the most recent data.

The nursing strike across Minnesota earlier this month put a spotlight on the nationwide strain on our nursing workforce. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two nurses about what nurses do, how their work has changed and what can be done to address job stress and a worsening nurse shortage.

Even after their babies died, hospital bills kept coming. These parents of fragile, very sick infants faced exorbitant bills — though they had insurance. "The process was just so heartless," one says.

Widespread network issues are causing issues for health care appointments at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System

A woman who brought a wild raccoon into a North Dakota bar, which prompted state health officials to issue a warning about potential rabies exposure, is facing criminal charges.