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Boil water advisory issued for Mounds View
The city of Mounds View on Monday issued what it's calling a “precautionary boil water advisory” after there was a loss of pressure in the city's water mains.
Uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations and a surge in RSV cases in Minnesota
COVID-19 hospitalizations are up, as are cases in some parts of Minnesota. Wastewater data in Twin Cities Metro shows COVID load increased since last week. But for children in Minnesota, RSV is of greater current concern and is stressing the capacity at some hospitals.
Why Black Americans are more likely to be saddled with medical debt
Black communities in the U.S. suffer disproportionately from health care debt. The reasons go back to segregation and a history of racist policies that have limited Black wealth.
It cost $38,398 for a single shot of a very old cancer drug
Lupron, a drug patented half a century ago, treats advanced prostate cancer. It costs a few hundred dollars in the U.K. — so why are U.S. hospitals charging so much more to administer it?
Allina Health addresses breast health gap for transgender patients
The nonprofit health system has developed in-house breast cancer screening guidelines that include transgender patients who are often left out of the conversation.
After surviving rare cancer and horrific crash, Minneapolis woman returns to thank caregivers
It’s been one year since Anya Magnuson was struck by a vehicle in Minneapolis — and she’s also endured a lengthy battle with a rare form of cancer. After months of surgeries and therapy, she returned to the hospital to thank the people who saved her life.
As a CPAP recall drags on, sleep apnea sufferers are getting angry
Philips is trying to fix or replace 5 million of the devices because foam in them can deteriorate into harmful particles. But the process is taking years, forcing some patients to risk their health.
Omicron keeps finding new evolutionary tricks to outsmart our immunity
SARS-CoV-2 is evolving "rapidly," spawning one new variant after another. But omicron continues to dominate, raising new questions about how evolution of the virus is headed.