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How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
Gas stoves emit potentially harmful pollutants, but utilities and their trade group avoided regulation with tactics perfected by the tobacco industry to cast doubt on science showing health problems.
FDA faces pressure to act nationwide on red dye in food
Red No. 3 was banned from cosmetics three decades ago. Consumer advocates question why it's still allowed in food products, including many popular with kids.
Taking lessons from COVID, Minnesota researchers will help develop response plan for next pandemic
The University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health have been awarded $17.5 million to help develop a national outbreak response network alongside the CDC.
Allina Health doctors vote to unionize
Hundreds of Allina Health physicians have voted to be represented by a union, becoming what’s believed to be the largest group of unionized private-sector physicians in the country.
Here's why COVID vaccines for young children may be hard to find right now
There are widespread delays in the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain from both Pfizer and Moderna. That’s made it hard for health systems to schedule appointments, especially for young children.
 COVID-19 ticks down in Minnesota, Flu and RSV barely present
Emergency room visits for COVID-19 have dropped during the last couple of weeks in Minnesota. While there is no guarantee that trend will continue, there has been a longer downward trend for the United States as a whole.
Roots of the Dancing Debutantes: Artist Russell Sharon looks back
Now in his mid-70s, Minnesota-based artist Russell Sharon covered thousands of miles during a decades-long career. Once a figure in the New York art world, he's relatively unknown in the part of northern Minnesota where he grew up. But that could change when his exhibit “Roots: A Retrospective” opens this weekend.