Lorna Benson
Lorna Benson is the deputy managing editor for the regional and politics teams at MPR News. She is a longtime health journalist. Her reporting has centered on urgent public health issues from pandemic flu to measles outbreaks to health disparities. She got her start at MPR’s bureau station in St. Peter covering general assignment stories in southcentral Minnesota.
Recent Contributions
- U expert: Stop backyard bird feeding while avian flu spreads
- Dozens protest fatal police shooting of Austin, Minn., man
- Pioneering transplant surgeon John Najarian dies at 92
- Man fatally shot after standoff in Eagan
- Tuberculosis case sparks testing at St. Louis Park High School
- As flu cases surge in Minnesota, vaccinations stall
- Minnesota, 19 other states, sue over generic drug pricing
- Trauma docs urge sledders to wear helmets
- Students at UW-Madison need second meningitis shot
- Hennepin Co. seeking HIV-infected people in need of care