Health

The U.S. Department of Labor and a group of health care industry partners are giving $3.2 million to Minnesota colleges and universities that train laboratory technicians and scientists. The money will be used to expand enrollment.

The House has passed an Agriculture Policy bill that allows human chiropractors to work on animals if they receive training. The bill also requires a referral from a veterinarian.

Scientists now have identified the contaminant that the FDA believes led to 81 deaths in the U.S. The contaminant was found in the common blood thinner heparin. It appears to have been intentionally substituted to make the drug more cheaply. Now Congress is calling on the FDA to better monitor foreign manufacturers of drug ingredients used by U.S. companies.

Legislation that authorizes a nearly $5 million study of lung cancer among Iron Range miners is on its way to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's desk. The House gave final approval to the bill today on a vote of 121-1.

An investigation is underway to determine why about 20 loons and grebes at wastewater treatment ponds in Ironton have become sick.

A sell-out crowd is expected at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival for the world premier of "Pond Hockey."

A father's troubling secret shadows his two children who are struggling to understand the relationships in their own lives. The latest novel by former Minnesotan Siri Hustvedt was inspired by her own father's memoir.

The upper Midwest has the worst drunken driving rates in the country, according to a government report, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The worst five are Wisconsin, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.

Five states including Minnesota will test for perfluorinated chemicals in the Mississippi River.

New advice for women struggling to have a baby points to nutrition. Midmorning examines whether changing your diet will put you on the path to conception.