Community Health

St. Louis County's Community Connect events bring together a variety of free services for those experiencing economic hardship.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s action level for lead is 15 parts per billion. Of 29 samples collected June through September, more than 10% exceeded the action level.

The idea has its roots in the union expansion of the 1940s and the ‘fight for 15’ of more recent vintage.

State and federal regulators say they lack the resources to investigate a widespread practice of dubious accounting.

Turnover rates may be high due to the nature of the job. But some providers think workers need to toughen up.

Minnesota’s end-of-life care economy is in many ways healthy, but retaining nursing home workers is a persistent and growing challenge, particularly in rural communities.

The ranks of the hungry are expected to grow as grocery prices remain high and the federal government has cut food stamps and other nutrition programs.

The health department reported these new measles cases can all be tied to either domestic or international travel, and all of the new cases are among unvaccinated people.

The University of Minnesota Extension is offering a series of healthy aging webinars in September, plus they offer other online resources all year long on the topic.

ElderCircle of Grand Rapids will receive funds for its programming in Itasca County, and the U of M Regents will host a gathering on the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe reservation.