As GOP tarries on health bill, funding for children's health languishesMay 22, 2017 6:28 AMBy Julie Rovner The delay in coming up with a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act is making it hard for Congress to reauthorize funding for health care for 9 million children through the popular CHIP program.
Play3min 55secWhy brain scientists are still obsessed with the curious case of Phineas GageMay 21, 2017 8:36 AMBy Jon Hamilton In 1848, a railroad worker survived an accident that drove a 13-pound iron bar through his head. The injury changed his personality, and our understanding of the brain.
Doctors worry as Texas lawmakers OK vaccine restrictionsMay 20, 2017 12:35 PMBy Associated PressVaccination critics are trying to build a foothold in Texas, and the state's Republican-controlled House has now signed off on prohibiting doctors from administering any immediate immunizations.
Italy makes 12 vaccines mandatory for school-age childrenMay 20, 2017 12:20 PMBy Associated PressThe new measures followed an intense public debate over vaccines after a measles outbreak and political sniping over accusations that the populist 5-Star movement had emboldened anti-vaccine advocates.
Fact check: 'We don't have health care in this country,' Trump saysMay 19, 2017 6:08 AMBy Alison Kodjak The president said on Thursday the Affordable Care Act is "dead. It's gone." The Senate is considering repeal legislation passed by the House, but Obamacare isn't faring as badly as Trump suggests.
States, including Minnesota, make move in fight over health care reformMay 18, 2017 5:58 PMBy Associated PressDemocratic attorneys general in more than a dozen states announced Thursday they would attempt to intervene in a federal lawsuit that threatens to undercut funding for the Affordable Care Act.
Play3min 40secFamilies endure pain, seek justice as sons' alleged pusher stands trialMay 18, 2017 12:38 PMBy Brandt WilliamsThe Minneapolis murder trial of a woman accused of selling heroin to two men who died of overdoses highlights the struggles of people addicted to heroin and the toll it takes on families and friends.
Play4min 08secIs 'internet addiction' real?May 18, 2017 7:05 AMBy Lesley McClurg What started out as web surfing by a healthy teen descended into online obsession and isolation. Was it depression, internet addiction or both? Whatever you call it, rehab is now part of the answer.
Play3min 00secEarly spring brings out ticks ahead of scheduleMay 18, 2017 4:00 AMBy Mark SteilMinnesota averages more than 1,500 cases of tick borne diseases each year, and infections are on the rise.
Play31min 52secThe dental crisis across Minnesota and the countryMay 17, 2017 11:00 AMBy Julie Siple, Tom Weber, and Jo EricksonMinnesota will lose federal funding if the state doesn't provide better access to dental care for low-income children.