HEALTH
Dakota County Public Health offers more clinics for H1N1 vaccine 
Dakota County Public Health has scheduled six clinics throughout the county, including Hastings, offering the H1N1 flu vaccine. There are no health restrictions or age restrictions (except for being six months or older).
By Jane Lightbourn , January 08, 2010
Heart broken
Three-year-old A.J. Werner knows why there’s a vertical scar running down the center of his chest and the chest of his one-year-old brother, Tyson.
By Keith Grauman , December 28, 2009
H1N1 clinics scheduled, including one in Hastings
Dakota County has received additional supplies of the H1N1 vaccine and people 6 months to 64 years old can be vaccinated at Dakota County Clinics. There is one in Hastings and several in Dakota County in the coming week.
By Jane Lightbourn , December 22, 2009
Sick Minnesotans swamp FluLine
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL -- Health officials are scrambling to expand a hotline for Minnesotans suffering from the flu after callers to the new service reported the telephone went unanswered, they received busy signals and there were hours-long waits before nurses called back.
By Don Davis , October 23, 2009
Tonders aid mental health center in memory of son
Minnesota NewsMost teenagers occasionally go toe-to-toe with their parents, but Aaron Tonder was different.
By Andy Greder , September 25, 2009
Health officials: Everyone needs to be ready for flu
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – So far, Minnesota pandemic flu cases have centered on the Twin Cities, they typically have affected younger people and most cases have not been severe.
By Don Davis , August 27, 2009
State Health Department offers advice for preventing influenza
Minnesota NewsAs the spread of the H1N1 novel influenza virus continues, the Minnesota Department of Health issued a list of recommendations Thursday to help reduce the likelihood of getting sick with flu:
June 12, 2009
Health-care spending plans take shape
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – Hospitals take a funding hit while most nursing homes are protected.
By Scott Wente , April 28, 2009
DFL lawmakers to introduce bill on child health care
Minnesota NewsTwo Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party lawmakers have introduced a bill to ensure that all children have health insurance.
By Don Davis , January 29, 2009
Minnesota's first case of culture-confirmed influenza reported
Minnesota NewsMinnesota has recorded its first culture-confirmed case of influenza for the 2008-09 season in a 39-year-old man from Chisago County.
By West Central Tribune , December 12, 2008
Children’s advocacy groups discuss needs of families
Minnesota’s children, guaranteed by the State Constitution to an education, also deserve a right to access to affordable health care, says a coalition of children’s advocacy groups.
By Brad Swenson , October 27, 2008
New laws restrict, protect
Minnesota State NewsST. PAUL -- If you are a health-care professional looking to make a profit, don't chase an ambulance.
By Don Davis, Minn. State Capitol Bureau Chief , August 01, 2008
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Senate OKs GAMC veto override
Minnesota senators voted 45-21 Thursday to override Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of a health care program for the poor, even though legislative health leaders are trying to negotiate an agreement with the governor. "I wish the governor had not been so indecisive engaging in this discussion,"
Posted by: Don Davis on Feb 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM | Capitol ChatterHealth cuts widespread
Huntley, Ludeman
No sta
Drug company restrictions sought
A coalition of consumer, union and health care-related groups wants to tighten rules dealing with prescription drugs. The coalition calls for laws such as one that would prohibit drug companies from buying records from doctors, a marketing tool that few people know about. Favored laws also would ba
Posted by: Don Davis on Jan 25, 2010 at 5:14 PM | Capitol ChatterDairy complaints come to Capitol
Jaxson, Brooklyn Brouse
Children fussed. Parents cried. Senators were outraged. Bureaucrats explained.
"We have been pushed into the living conditions of a third-wo
Falls blamed on short staffs
Sens. Gimse, Kubly
Some Minnesota nursing homes simply do not have enough employees to prevent residents from falling, two Minnesota Senate committees heard Thursday.
"I know
'Ban the Bug' campaign set
Health officials say that since H1N1 flu vaccinations are available at most clinics, pharmacies and other locations, most Minnesotans should get vaccinated. H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu, vaccinations just are becoming available to everyone. They had been limited to high-risk people. Those vacc
Posted by: Don Davis on Jan 9, 2010 at 5:56 AM | Capitol ChatterDems propose health care plan
Phenow, Huntley
Democrats want to use federal money, force counties to pay more and divert other funds to restore health-care coverage to Minnesota's poor.
A program known as Gener
Klobuchar wants rural docs
An amendment to the U.S. Senate health care bill would help attract doctors to rural areas, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., says. Klobuchar's amendment would establish a grant for medical schools to expand or create programs to train doctors in rural medical care and would recruit students who want to
Posted by: Don Davis on Dec 10, 2009 at 6:50 AM | Capitol Chatter
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