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Health
Nursing home workers launch strike across Twin Cities facilities
Over 300 members of the SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa union voted to strike, demanding higher wages, improved benefits and safer staffing levels.
Minnesota up against the clock on Medicaid changes
Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature say they need to either pass legislation or update existing rules soon to ensure that state programs comply with new requirements from the federal government.
Understanding addiction and recovery
MPR News host Angela Davis talks about how some people who have lived with addiction support others in recovery.
Behind the scenes with 911 call takers and dispatchers
Every 911 call starts with a voice on the other end. MPR News host Angela Davis goes behind the scenes with 911 dispatchers and call takers — the voices that connect callers to lifesaving help.
Ahead of fishing opener, health officials update fish consumption guidelines
The new fish consumption guidelines include warnings about eating too much fish caught in northeastern Minnesota lakes and rivers, where fish tend to have higher mercury levels. And the state warns against consuming fish from the Vermillion River, south of the Twin Cities, because of PFAS contamination.
Minnesota’s plan to fight fraud underway as federal Medicaid money remains frozen
State officials say that about 10 percent of Minnesota’s Medicaid health care providers in 13 high-risk programs have been evaluated and revalidated thus far as part of its corrective action plan to address allegations of Medicaid fraud.
State lawmaker explains proposal to raise sales tax to help HCMC amid financial crisis
State lawmakers are considering a proposal to use sales tax money to help HCMC avoid closing as it faces a major financial crisis. Republican Rep. Danny Nadeau spoke more about his bill that got a hearing Thursday at the State Capitol.