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HERO, Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization has received a grant in the amount of $4,000 from Dakota Medical Foundation to support funding for training in a Virtual CIO program led by...

An unusually warm, dry spring and summer may have contributed to a substantial drop in cases of disease caused by ticks in 2012 in Minnesota, but the decline doesn’t mean...

FARGO — Essentia and Sanford hospitals here received a “B” grade for safety in a recent national study. Essentia and Sanford Health scored close to average in patient safety and...

WILLMAR, Minn. — As summer activities get ready to start, the risk of tick-borne diseases is at its peak. While you may not live in a high-risk area, many people...

Remember your mom nagging you to “stop slouching” and “sit up straight”? She may not have known just how right she was to urge good posture. The spine plays a...

Duluth could play a prominent role in shaping the state of Minnesota’s strategy for dealing with the issue of synthetic drugs. Next week the city will host Minnesota Attorney General...

Two Minnesota infants have been sickened with salmonellosis linked to eating Krinos brand tahini sesame paste that has been recalled by the manufacturer, the Minnesota Department of Health announced today...

The Minnesota Department of Health is proposing to make changes in the state’s school immunization rules that would bring the law up to date with current recommendations and practices. The...

A new analysis by the Minnesota Department of Health finds that middle and high school students who have asthma are just as likely as their peers, who do not have...

DULUTH — Nurses at the top level of their profession can do many of the same things doctors do: diagnose illness, manage treatment, prescribe medications, order tests. But in Minnesota,...

Residents in the Mahnomen area have an opportunity to help keep their health on track. Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Mahnomen Clinic is offering an affordable series of blood screening tests that...