Health

A Minneapolis Public Schools program places therapists in schools so students in need can more easily make their appointments. Research suggests the benefits of this model go way beyond mental health.

Chinese state media say the city of Wuhan is shutting down outbound flights and trains as the country battles the spread of a new virus that has sickened hundreds of people and killed 17.

The virus that has emerged in China is part of a family known as coronaviruses. Here's how some of the best-known coronaviruses compare with this newly identified member of the viral family.

On the 47th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, Republican lawmakers renewed their commitment to oppose legal abortion while abortion rights supporters said they will try to get their side to turn out on Election Day.

Appetite For Change, a north Minneapolis nonprofit that uses growing food as a community development tool for area young people, has launched a new album with songs like “Trap or Grow” and “Grow Food” that promote healthy lifestyles.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) hired pediatrician Dr. Nathan Chomilo in December to oversee the state’s largest publicly funded health care programs. Medicaid provides health care coverage to about 1.1 million low-income Minnesotans.

A younger generation is kindling a difficult but important conversation about mental health and suicide in Minnesota’s Hmong community, hoping a public discussion will break the stigma and lead people to get help.

The individual had returned to his home in Washington state after a visit to Wuhan, China, where the virus was discovered in December.

The for-profit hospice industry has grown, allowing more Americans to die at home. But few family members realize that "hospice care" still means they'll do most of the physical and emotional work.

Grove United Methodist Church in Cottage Grove is closing in June, with plans to relaunch in November. The present members, most of them over 60 years old, will be invited to worship elsewhere, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. But the lead pastor told MPR News they are not asking older members to leave the congregation.