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MN health officials: Big jump in 11th graders who say they’ve vaped
This year’s Minnesota Student Survey reports 1 in 4 Minnesota 11th graders reported using e-cigarettes recently, a 54 percent increase from the same survey in 2016. The survey indicates Minnesota youth are poorly informed about the potential health risks of vaping.
Most Americans support safe gun storage laws, according to new poll
A recent survey from APM Research Lab, Call To Mind and Guns & America found that nearly 8 in 10 Americans support mandating that guns are stored with a lock in place. That includes those who own guns and those who don’t have one.
Workers are falling ill, even dying, after making kitchen countertops
Irreversible lung disease has started to show up among young workers who cut, grind and polish countertops made of increasingly popular "engineered" stone. The material is more than 90 percent silica.
The majority of U.S. gun deaths are suicides, but a new poll suggests few Americans know it
Mass shootings may grab the headlines, but suicides are by far the leading category of gun death in America. However, most Americans don’t know this, according to a new national poll from APM Research Lab, Call To Mind and Guns & America.
Walz urges House-Senate negotiations on insulin bills
Gov. Tim Walz called on House Democratic and Senate Republican leaders on Tuesday to negotiate a compromise between their competing insulin affordability proposals so that he can call a special session to resolve one of the big unfinished issues left over from this year's regular session.
She's one of Minnesota’s hardest-working midwives. Try to keep up.
Rebekah Knapp says helping deliver babies at home is a calling from God. The women she serves, including those in Minnesota’s Amish communities, would agree. Want a look at the life of a modern midwife? Get in the car.
CVS stops sale of heartburn drugs with suspect contaminant
It's the latest precautionary move by retailers and manufacturers after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently warned consumers about a potentially dangerous contaminant in prescription and over-the-counter versions of Zantac.