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How 2 Minnesota graduate students are helping implement free period products in schools
This is the second year that Minnesota schools are required to provide free menstrual products. MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks with two graduate students who created a toolkit that helps educators put the law into practice.
Planned Parenthood closes Louisiana clinics after 40 years due to financial and political pressure
Louisiana’s only two Planned Parenthood locations have closed after 40 years. The organization says the closure Tuesday is the result of political attacks and funding woes, following President Donald Trump’s spending and tax plan that eliminates Medicaid reimbursements for organizations that provide abortion.
Pasta meals from Trader Joe's and Walmart may be linked to a deadly listeria outbreak
The USDA says the precooked pasta products, sold at Trader Joe's and Walmart, could be connected to a nationwide listeria outbreak that has killed four people and sickened at least 20 others.
Wisconsin Planned Parenthood is pausing abortions. What does that mean for Minnesota?
After Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s spending bill, Wisconsin’s Planned Parenthood clinics announced they will no longer schedule abortions.
The Lindstrom farm growing recreational cannabis to make potent extract
Preston Torres and Max Young, cofounders of Concentrate Labs in Lindstrom, were the second cannabis cultivator to be licensed by the state and have had seeds in the ground since July.
Vaccine confusion? 5 Minnesota questions, answered
Minnesotans may be struggling to navigate a blizzard of state and federal news last week around vaccines, who should get them and when. Here are some answers to key questions about what’s happening. 
3 thoughts from an autism researcher on Trump’s acetaminophen and vaccine claims
President Trump and his administration claim there could be a link between autism and acetaminophen and vaccines. We asked a researcher who has studied autism for decades for her thoughts.