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Nicotine usage in 2024: What’s changing?
MPR News host Angela Davis talked about one of the newest trends in nicotine — oral pouches. What’s popular and what do you need to know about products like Zyn?
Father who lost son to suicide dedicated to outreach and destigmatizing mental health help
Scott Roeder lost his son Jackson to suicide in 2017. Since then, he’s worked to get the word out about suicide prevention, including awareness of 988 and destigmatizing mental health concerns and treatment in and around St. Cloud.
UnitedHealth has a strong second quarter, but cyberattack keeps it cautious
UnitedHealth Group topped second-quarter expectations but stayed cautious on its outlook for the year, as it continued to eat costs from a massive cyberattack to its Change Healthcare business.
Her hearing implant was preapproved. But she still received multiple $139,000 bills
Even when patients double-check that their care is covered by insurance, health providers may send them bills as they haggle with insurers over reimbursement. It's stressful and annoying — but legal.
Food aid is piling up inside Gaza. Here’s why it’s not reaching those in need
Israel says large quantities of food aid are piling up just inside the Gaza border. Aid groups say Israeli military operations and other obstacles prevent its delivery to desperate Palestinians.
As a baby bust hits rural areas, hospital labor and delivery wards are closing down
In some rural areas, births have dropped by three-quarters since the late 1950s, and hospitals are shuttering labor and delivery units, leaving mothers little access to care when they need it.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96.
Stay out of the yuck: What to know  about E. coli and other water hazards
High levels of E. coli and blue-green algae blooms can lead officials to temporarily close beaches and post advisories warning people to avoid the water if there is an increased risk of getting sick from swimming.