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Disease-carrying ticks move deeper into Northland - Duluth News Tribune
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:09:38 GMT

Disease-carrying ticks move deeper into Northland
Duluth News Tribune
Some of eastern and north-central Minnesota also is shown in red, but the Arrowhead is largely excluded — except for a telltale streak of red along the North Shore. Dave Neitzel, a Minnesota Department of Health epidemiologist who spends some of his ...
Map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areasAppleton Post Crescent
New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areasUSA TODAY
Researchers find high risk for Lyme disease in northern IllinoisRockford Register Star
Weather Channel -Washington Post
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Minnesota food company recalls cooked eggs distributed in 34 states due to ... - Washington Post
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:42:28 GMT

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Minnesota food company recalls cooked eggs distributed in 34 states due to ...
Washington Post
A Minnesota food company said Friday it is recalling more than a million hard-cooked eggs distributed to 34 states after testing revealed some may be contaminated with listeria. Some 15000 pails of eggs in brine, sold for institutional use, ...
Minnesota company recalls hard-cooked eggs contaminated with listeriaOregonLive.com
Cooked eggs recalled; could be tainted with ListeriaConnellsville Daily Courier
Michael Foods orders recall of Over 1 Million Eggs Due to Listeria FearTopNews United States
Ledger Independent -Gather.com -WSAW
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Report: Some Minn. babies born with high mercury - Crookston Daily Times
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:20:02 GMT

Northland's NewsCenter

Report: Some Minn. babies born with high mercury
Crookston Daily Times
In Minnesota, 10 percent of the blood samples had mercury levels above the healthy standard. "We've never had hard evidence that there were exposures," said Pat McCann, the research scientist who conducted the study for the Health Department and the ...
Study: High Mercury Levels In North Shore BabiesCBS Local
One in Ten North Shore Babies Born With High MercuryNorthland's NewsCenter
Study: 1 in 10 babies in Lake Superior region are born with high levels of mercuryDuluth News Tribune

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Minnesota seeing mildest flu season in years - Crookston Daily Times
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:43:48 GMT

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Minnesota seeing mildest flu season in years
Crookston Daily Times
By AP AP This flu season is the mildest the Minnesota has seen in recent years, according to new data from the state Department of Health. The health department said 52 people have been hospitalized with lab-confirmed influenza since fall, ...
Minnesota's Flu Season Sees Drop in CasesKSAX
Fewer Minnesotans sick with the flu this seasonMinnesota Public Radio
US flu levels low, except in MidwestUPI.com

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Minnesota Releases Memo Regarding Inadequate Endoscope Reprocessing - Becker's Hospital Review
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:19:33 GMT

Minnesota Releases Memo Regarding Inadequate Endoscope Reprocessing
Becker's Hospital Review
The Minnesota Department of Health has issued a memo to healthcare facilities regarding proper reprocessing of endoscopes. According to the memo, several healthcare facilities have contacted the department regarding situations involving inadequate ...

Data theft leads to debt collector's license suspension - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:41 GMT

Data theft leads to debt collector's license suspension
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnesota has suspended the debt collections license of an Illinois company that lost a laptop computer containing medical records of thousands of patients at Fairview and North Memorial hospitals last summer. Accretive Health Inc. is also being sued ...
Commerce pulls license of collections firm in stolen-laptop casePioneer Press
Minnesota AG sues business associate for loss of patient data stored on laptopLexology (registration)

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Minnesota: A shining star for health IT - Government Health IT
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:31:47 GMT

Minnesota: A shining star for health IT
Government Health IT
It is also an early leader when it comes to deploying healthcare IT to meet those needs. Leading up to the Minnesota caucus on Feb. 7, Healthcare IT News Managing Editor Mike Miliard spoke to Marty LaVenture, director of the Office of Health ...

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MN Wears Red to Focus on Women's Heart Disease - Public News Service
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:14:16 GMT

New York Daily News

MN Wears Red to Focus on Women's Heart Disease
Public News Service
You'll likely notice that red is a common color choice for clothing in towns across Minnesota today. It is National Wear Red Day, an annual effort by the American Heart Association to raise awareness that the most likely cause of death for a woman is ...
Go Red For WomenKAALtv.com

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Birth control benefit rule riles Minnesota's Catholic bishops - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:21:38 GMT

Birth control benefit rule riles Minnesota's Catholic bishops
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnesota's Catholic bishops are joining a nationwide protest against a new federal rule requiring faith-based groups to provide birth control and other reproductive services in health care coverage for employees. In a letter addressed to Catholic ...

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Minnesota Department of Health follows recent Supreme Court ruling - Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:08:59 GMT

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Minnesota Department of Health follows recent Supreme Court ruling
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
The Minnesota Department of Health has been given permission by Hennepin County District Court Judge Mel Dickstein to begin destroying the blood spot collection cards of approximately 200 infants born each day in Minnesota in order to comply with a ...
Health department begins destroying newborn blood samplesMinnesota Public Radio
Minnesota starts destroying samples of babies' bloodMinneapolis Star Tribune
Minnesota high court ruling prompts destruction of newborn blood samplesPioneer Press
The Republic
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