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Rochester, MN, United States

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Minnesota maternal mortality study reveals racial disparities in deaths

The Minnesota Department of Health's first-ever such study finds high disparities among Indigenous, Black persons, with most deaths in the months following giving birth associated but not related to pregnancy. → Read More

FDA begins deliberations on menthol cigarette ban

A ban would halt the manufacture and sale of peppermint-flavored cigarettes and cigars. The cigarettes, which are used by 18.5 million Americans and 85% of Black smokers, are known to appeal to young users, increase tolerability, and make it harder to quit. Health officials say the ban would not result in the targeting of individual smokers for enforcement. → Read More

Omicron variant complicates popularity of at-home COVID tests

Rapid antigen kits may be running off the shelves, but with omicron, the meaning of both negative and positive results are changing. → Read More

CDC: Life expectancy got a lot shorter in 2020

Deaths grew by half a million from 2019, 350,000 due to COVID-19. → Read More

Study: 1 in 4 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with metabolic syndrome developed ARDS

Researchers looked at data from 26 countries, 181 hospitals. Inflammatory processes believed to be mechanism at work. → Read More

Mayo doctors say the time to get the flu vaccine is now

"Influenza is out there and finding those cracks and taking advantage of opportunities for spread," said Mayo virologist Dr. Matthew Binnicker. → Read More

Former Mayo social media guru takes on the company dietary message

Lee Aase was doing everything right, but kept getting fatter. Now after going Keto he eats breakfast at 2 and wears smaller jeans than in high school. → Read More

Mayo predictive modeling tool suggested for holiday travel

The free online COVID-19 map can describe nationwide, statewide, and county-by-county transmission rates, predictions for future → Read More

Omicron 101: The how, what and why of the latest super variant

Experts say latest form of COVID-19 shows a virus can play "the long game" by getting milder, but in some countries only. → Read More

Mixed picture emerging for antiviral COVID-19 pills

Drugs would be taken multiple times a day, in place of monoclonal antibody infusions. → Read More

'Opioid Reckoning' calls out the Twelve Steps in an age of fentanyl

Macalester professor's new book is a provocative look at the limitations of today's treatment industry in the face of the modern opioid epidemic. The "reckoning" in Amy C. Sullivan's title stands for the collision between the polite traditions of getting sober in the 12 Steps and the need for ideology-free medical care in the face of a deadly scourge. → Read More

Research briefs: Young children spread COVID-19, study says

Children, dry air, small droplets all focus of new findings on the agents of transmission → Read More

Minnesota launches five-year plan to test children for chemicals

Program to offer first year surveillance in Minneapolis and southeastern Minnesota for participating families → Read More

Minnesota health officials release long-sought COVID breakthrough data

There were 46 deaths, 251 hospitalizations and over 6,700 cases among the fully vaccinated for the latest week available → Read More

Medical ethicists argue for mandatory vaccination for health care workers

Author of review article says dispute reflects a focus on individual rights while ignoring responsibilties → Read More

State health officials: Minnesota facing 'a really truly alarming' spike in COVID-19 cases

Health officials still processing a backlog of new cases that overwhelmed the system last weekend → Read More

Iowa study finds humans gave COVID-19 to deer

Finding suggests population could act as a resevoir for viral mutation; uncertain whether deer can reinfect humans → Read More

Almost 7,600 Minnesotans are reported as having COVID-19 reinfections

New metric reflects cases in which a person has positive diagnosis more than 90 days after previous positive diagnosis. → Read More

Fate uncertain for religious exemptions to vaccine mandates

Objections center on use of decades-old fetal cell lines in testing of some products, a process used in a host of medications. → Read More

Recalled room sprays sold at Walmart sickened one Minnesotan

Bacterial infection potentially deadly; purchasers urged to handle the products with care prior to returning them → Read More