Our favorite health and wellness adviceMay 7, 2024 1:14 PMBy Angela Davis and Maja BeckstromComing up at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, MPR News host Angela Davis revisits some of our favorite health and wellness shows. Discover how much you do and don’t know about your nose, hear the latest research on colon cancer and learn about addressing loneliness.
How the government is trying to stop rogue brokers from plaguing ACA enrolleesMay 7, 2024 4:31 AMBy Julie Appleby Federal regulators are trying to prevent bad actors from switching unknowing consumers' Obamacare coverage. Their fixes risk making enrollment so cumbersome that people won't want to sign up.
More than 16,000 pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart recalled over E. coli riskMay 4, 2024 9:12 AMBy Juliana Kim Cargill says that, out "of an abundance of caution," it is recalling several of its ground beef products produced in late April and sold at Walmart locations across the eastern U.S.
Minnesota Senate green lights speedier timeline for launching licensed cannabis businesses, growingMay 3, 2024 5:11 PMBy Dana FergusonAfter legalizing marijuana use last year, state lawmakers are working on ways to stand up a retail market more quickly.
Allergies and climate: Pollen in Minnesota comes earlier with warmer temperaturesMay 3, 2024 4:00 PMBy Elisabeth Gawthrop and Craig HelmstetterMinnesota is now in peak tree pollen season. Studies have linked warming temperatures to longer and more intense pollen seasons in the U.S.
Launching an effective bird flu vaccine quickly could be tough, scientists warnMay 3, 2024 4:00 AMBy Rob Stein Federal health officials say the U.S. has the building blocks to make a vaccine to protect humans from bird flu, if needed. But experts warn we're nowhere near prepared for another pandemic.
Play6min 41secPregnant women in Missouri can't get divorced. Critics say it fuels domestic violenceMay 3, 2024 4:00 AMBy Katia Riddle The state's law requires women seeking divorce to disclose whether they're pregnant — and state judges won't finalize divorces during a pregnancy. Texas and Arkansas have similar laws on the books.
Play16min 46secIn ‘The Unexpected,’ Emily Oster tackles the emotional toll of difficult pregnanciesMay 2, 2024 9:14 AMBy Scott Detrow The economist made a name for herself using data to challenge the accepted rules of pregnancy. Now, she’s returning to the topic with a book on how to navigate its complications.
A St. Paul teen turned to poetry to cope. Now he’s published a book of poems May 2, 2024 4:00 AMBy Sam StroozasBobby Arnold started writing poetry for his first book while feeling isolated in 11th grade, and uses the art to reflect on Black masculinity, love and more.
The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spikeMay 1, 2024 11:01 PMBy Selena Simmons-Duffin The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.