Play4min 40secMinnesota's medical marijuana business faces hurdlesAugust 11, 2015 8:50 AMBy Phil PicardiInsider and former state official Manny Munson-Regala offers his take on how the industry is taking shape.
Play3min 35secHealth department defends lake amoeba alertAugust 11, 2015 6:06 AMBy Lorna BensonA month after 14-year-old Hunter Boutain died, federal lab tests show the teen succumbed to a bacterial infection, not a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Minnewaska.
Play4min 38secMN turkey growers want bird flu vaccine, but it's no cure-allAugust 11, 2015 4:00 AMBy Lorna BensonMinnesota turkey farmers are clamoring to vaccinate their flocks this fall against avian flu. But while initial tests in chickens are encouraging, the vaccine has plenty of downside.
Play4min 48secUCare pushes back as state pulls Medicaid, MinnesotaCare businessAugust 10, 2015 6:11 PMBy Mark ZdechlikMedicaid and MinnesotaCare represent about 70 percent of UCare's business. State officials say the health plan's offerings don't pass muster. UCare hopes to take its case to the governor.
MN health officials: Teen did not die from rare lake amoebaAugust 10, 2015 3:49 PMBy MPR News StaffA 14-year-old Minnesota boy who was believed to have died from an infection linked to a rare, brain swelling amoeba died instead from a bacterial infection, state health officials said Monday.
Play53min 57secAspen Ideas Festival: 'Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage'August 10, 2015 1:45 PMIsabel Sawhill of Brookings explores the social and economic consequences of the great increase in unmarried parents. She believes family structure has a big impact on child well-being, and can improve social mobility and reduce the class divide.
Frances Kelsey, FDA officer who blocked thalidomide, dies at 101August 9, 2015 3:00 PMThe physician and pharmacologist worked at the government agency in the early 1960s, when she uncovered a link between the drug and severe birth defects.
Doctor: You can stop gun violence the same way you stop AIDS or TBAugust 7, 2015 8:00 AMBy Amy Costello Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin has taken the lessons he's learned fighting TB and HIV/AIDS and applied them to stop the spread of gun violence. Because like those diseases, violence is contagious.
Play3min 53secPatients in Iowa worry about private management of MedicaidAugust 7, 2015 6:25 AMBy Clay Masters The way one fifth of Iowa's residents get health care is about to change. The governor is putting Medicaid in the hands of private insurance companies, and 11 firms are vying for that business.
Play12min 23sec'Living While Dying' episode 9: Christmas reflectionsAugust 7, 2015 12:00 AMBy Cathy WurzerTwo years since being diagnosed with ALS, Bruce Kramer re-evaluates his priorities. As Christmas approaches, he has the time and solitude to appreciate the season more than ever.