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'Making grandfriends': Mankato care model draws kids, seniors together
Memory loss can be an especially isolating experience as people age. A new child care and memory care model in Mankato seeks to bring generations together through connections and joy.
After surviving heart attack, Angela Conley seeks to raise risk awareness among Black women
Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley survived a heart attack at just 45 years old and wants to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease, which affects a disproportionately high number of Black women.
State agency OKs $10M loan to build cannabis operation in Grand Rapids
The loan approved Tuesday by Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation will aid a Missouri-based company’s effort to build a $68 million cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility on the site of a long-abandoned lumber mill.
How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
Gas stoves emit potentially harmful pollutants, but utilities and their trade group avoided regulation with tactics perfected by the tobacco industry to cast doubt on science showing health problems.
Medicare Advantage keeps growing. Tiny, rural hospitals say that's a huge problem
More than half of seniors choose private Medicare Advantage plans instead of traditional Medicare. As rural enrollment increases, many small-town hospitals say that threatens their viability.
Taking lessons from COVID, Minnesota researchers will help develop response plan for next pandemic
The University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health have been awarded $17.5 million to help develop a national outbreak response network alongside the CDC.