Health Care

The Minnesota Department of Health is recommending continued support for telehealth services after studying the impact of the 2021 Minnesota Telehealth Act.

Plus: MnDOT will host an open house at the Rock Ridge High School about planned construction on Highway 53 near Eveleth; MN DNR is seeking input on changes to its trail systems; and a Minnesota mom shares her experience expanding her family after the U.S. Senate fails to pass a bill that would safeguard access to in vitro fertilization.

Residents will have a chance to tour a 3D mammography truck on Oct. 7 ahead of mobile mammography technology coming to the region.

The Sioux Falls-based rural healthcare provider cites coverage denials and delays in accessing care.

A myriad of challenges has many rural ambulance services bleeding money, and providers say emergency aid from the state is not enough and doesn't address the larger issues.

There wasn't enough moisture last winter to extinguish Canadian wildfires that are blazing again, leading to an early start to smoky skies above Minnesota.

If it weren’t for the numerous challenges they have and continue to face, Jim and Suzanne Ducharme say they probably would have continued to run the business.

Niganawenimaanaanig — a program designed to recruit and retain Indigenous students into nursing tracks at Bemidji State University — saw nine students graduate this year, a record class since the program's inception in 2017.

A designation change, pending approval from the Centers for Medicaid Services, would move Mahnomen Health Center from a critical access hospital to a rural emergency hospital — the first in Minnesota.

When an electronic tag is scanned by a smartphone app or set on an accompanying device, the prescription is read aloud.