Health

Minnesota Commissioner of Health Jan Malcolm said Friday that the backlog of more than 3,000 reports and open cases of elder abuse has been reduced to 122 cases.

The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce that it is reviving a Reagan-era rule that bars groups that receive federal funding from discussing abortion with patients.

A new case of the often deadly virus was confirmed in a densely populated regional capital city. Now health workers are rushing to stem its spread.

Experts said several factors may be combining to drive the declines, including shifting attitudes about motherhood and changing immigration patterns.

Nurses tell MPR News of botched assignments, housing chaos and harsh treatment at the hands of the vendor, HCI Group, as they worked to launch Mayo's massive new medical records system.

The number of children and teens who visited the hospital for suicidal thoughts or attempts doubled from 2008 to 2015. Rates were highest during the school year.

Doctors are prescribing fewer drugs to children, especially antibiotics. But use of certain drugs, including ADHD medications, has increased.

According to the poll, a third of American adults under age 40 have already provided care for an older relative or friend, and another third expect to be called upon to do so within the next five years.

Council members are expected to vote next week on a measure that would make the city the latest in Minnesota to treat smoking like drinking in the eyes of the law.

A spokeswoman for the first lady says she will be hospitalized all week after undergoing a surgical procedure to treat a kidney condition. President Trump tweeted that his wife "is in good spirits."

A woman with foot pain was floored by the high cost of titanium screws used in her surgery. "Unless the metal [was] mined on an asteroid, I do not know why it should cost that amount," she said.

May is national Mental Health Month, and Minnesota officials are using the opportunity to remind people about expanded services for those experiencing a mental health crisis.

If the proposal is approved, Minneapolis would join several other Minnesota communities that have made similar moves in recent months.

An anonymous donor gave the Chisago County Sheriff's Office $10,000 to finish equipping all of its squad cars with automated external defibrillators, or AEDs.

"There's the clique system just like everywhere else," said Betsy Gran, who until recently was assistant director at San Francisco's 30th Street Senior Center. "It's like 'Mean Girls,' but everyone is 80."

Winston and Pansy Green are doing their best to live a normal life. But they've had to adjust to the loss of what Winston calls "little things" day by day and year by year.

The 39-page drug price plan includes an array of ideas that the administration will consider, but it's unclear which ones will be implemented.

A mother who lost her son because he couldn't afford all the insulin he needed to keep his diabetes in check will be among those protesting high insulin prices at the state Capitol Saturday.

All but six senators voted for a bill that puts a fee on drug makers to fund treatment and other programs for those addicted to powerful painkillers.