Jeremy Olson

Measles cases in Rochester this fall offered a test case that wastewater sampling could identify even the slight presence of the infectious disease.

HealthPartners made its third request in a decade to expand the trauma center, even as other hospitals contract.

Doctor strikes have occurred before, but are a rarity in the U.S. and haven’t happened before in Minnesota.

Pairing donors and recipients with mismatched blood types could hasten more life-saving stem cell transplants for patients with leukemia and other blood disorders.

A “verbal commitment” of stopgap funding allowed leaders of the Minnesota Department of Health to at least delay layoffs necessitated by the prolonged federal shutdown.

A 26% decline in drug overdose deaths from 2023 to 2024 is being credited by Minnesota leaders to investments that expanded access to treatment, overdose antidote.

Sluggish negotiations over first contract, upcoming clinic closures, prompt filing of a potentially historic strike by Minnesota doctors.

Community paramedics and other investments to monitor patients after they are discharged from hospitals help prevent them from returning with avoidable complications.

Minnesota’s fifth-worst year for measles since at least 1997 could end up even worse by year’s end.

Funded by a federal “high risk, high reward” grant, the study will examine the neurological hallmarks of people who are resilient to aging.