rural health

The need to expand services continues to grow as cuts to Medicaid and Medicare threaten the stability of rural hospitals, which already run on thin margins.

President and CEO Karla Eischens will retire at the end of the year after more than two decades of service and Dr. Jason Caron will be her replacement.

Essentia Health advanced practice providers ended their strike, but Essentia still refuses to bargain as it appeals the certification of the bargaining unit.

Dr. Hilary Seligman from the University of California, San Francisco, explains how the recent cuts to SNAP will impact the physical and economic health of rural communities.

The center welcomed its first patient on Monday, July 14, 2025. The stated goal of the center is to provide rural Minnesotans cancer treatment with a shorter drive.

For rural hospitals already operating on tiny margins, looming Medicaid cuts will dial up the financial pressures, said Jean MacDonell, president and CEO of Fairview Range hospital in Hibbing.

Over 400 nurse practitioners and physician assistants across 69 facilities from across Northern Minnesota began an open-ended unfair labor practice strike July 10, 2025.

It will be one of the only rural family medicine training programs in MN, training two physicians each year and aimed at encouraging doctors to practice in rural areas.

The Centers for Disease Control say as many as 9% of American women have an alcohol use disorder.

Plus: MnDOT will host a pre-construction open house ahead of a 3-year project on Highways 10 and 71; and Minnesota public health officials are sounding the alarm of alcohol misuse among women.