States' divisions on abortion widen after Roe overturnedMarch 26, 2023 1:23 PMBy The Associated PressNine months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide right to abortion, the long-term picture on what will be allowed in each state remains unsettled, even though voters have bristled at broad bans.
'Live free and die'? The sad state of U.S. life expectancyMarch 26, 2023 9:12 AMBy Selena Simmons-Duffin A decade after a landmark report on Americans' shorter lives, the problem has only gotten worse. Unlike other wealthy nations, U.S. life expectancy has not bounced back from the pandemic.
You asked about bats, pets, immunity and other hot viral topics! We've got answersMarch 25, 2023 6:00 AMBy Ari Daniel , Michaeleen Doucleff , and Nurith Aizenman In response to our series on spillover viruses, you had many questions: from the role of climate change to possible benefits. We turn the mic to you for a special edition of 'Hidden Viruses.'
Three years after Minnesota’s initial COVID-19 shutdown, impacts persistMarch 24, 2023 3:20 PMBy Benjamin Clary and Craig HelmstetterThree years ago Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz issued Minnesota’s initial COVID-19 shelter in place order, telling Minnesotans to stay at home for two weeks. Here’s a look back — and forward.
Play4min 28sec'You belong here': Minnesota House passes trans health refuge bill March 24, 2023 5:19 AMBy Dana FergusonThe proposal would grant legal protections for transgender youth and family members who come to Minnesota seeking gender-affirming health care.
Online communities can help with loneliness — to a pointMarch 23, 2023 4:27 PMA new episode from APM's mental health initiative “Call to Mind" explores how loneliness affects mental and physical health, and how meeting an online community offline can help.
Play15min 48secGrowth amid 'ambiguous loss': How the pandemic has changed usMarch 23, 2023 12:59 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen BrownThe pandemic has made it common for people to have endured extraordinarily difficult circumstances and lost something or someone dear to them. Without any sense of closure, that can be hard to deal with.
Play11min 24secEpidemiologist Michael Osterholm reflects on three years of COVID-19 and looks toward the futureMarch 23, 2023 12:48 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen BrownThree years ago, Gov. Tim Walz called for Minnesotans to “shelter in place” because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan was to flatten the curve, or decrease the number of people who were infected all at once so hospitals and ICUs were not totally overwhelmed. Today, there have been more than 1.7 million documented cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota.
It's not just Adderall: The number of drugs in short supply rose by 30 percent last yearMarch 23, 2023 10:14 AMBy Emily Olson A total of 295 types of drugs — everything from sedatives to children's flu medicine — were in short supply in 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security.
Meet the 'glass-half-full girl' whose brain rewired after losing a hemisphereMarch 22, 2023 4:15 AMBy Jon Hamilton Mora Leeb was 9 months old when surgeons removed half her brain. Now 15, she plays soccer and tells jokes. Scientists say Mora is an extreme example of a process known as brain plasticity.
