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Minnesota Department of Health: Statewide whooping cough cases at 8-year high

Minnesota Department of Health: Statewide whooping cough cases at 8-year high

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are at an eight-year high in the state. The Minnesota Department of Health reports there are currently 1,019 cases compared to 61 this time last year.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. have dropped faster than expected, CDC says

Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. have dropped faster than expected, CDC says

If the downward trend holds, this year is expected to be the first since 2020 to see overdose deaths fall below the 100,000 mark. However, Black and Native American communities remain vulnerable.
by Brian Mann

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The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID

The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID

A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned.
by Sarah Boden

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CVS and Walgreens are ailing. Here’s why

CVS and Walgreens are ailing. Here’s why

America’s biggest pharmacy chains are closing hundreds of stores, laying off thousands of workers and rethinking their role in our lives.
by Alina Selyukh

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‘Horrifying’ mistake to harvest organs from a living person averted, witnesses say

‘Horrifying’ mistake to harvest organs from a living person averted, witnesses say

At a hospital in Kentucky, witnesses say, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped and the man is alive three years later.
by Rob Stein

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More young women are getting breast cancer

More young women are getting breast cancer

MPR News host Angela Davis revisits a conversation with a survivor and her oncologist about diagnosis, survivorship challenges and why breast cancer still kills 40,000 people each year.
by Angela Davis and Gretchen Brown

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Walgreens will close 1,200 stores, hoping for a turnaround

Walgreens will close 1,200 stores, hoping for a turnaround

Walgreens says about a quarter of its stores are unprofitable. Big pharmacy chains are struggling with growing retail competition and lower prescription payouts.
by Alina Selyukh

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Navigating Medicare: What Minnesotans need to know

Navigating Medicare: What Minnesotans need to know

Medicare’s open enrollment period begins Tuesday amid market turmoil. Health systems in Minnesota are part of a nationwide trend in which shrinking profits have led some to drop Medicare Advantage plans.
by Erica Zurek

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