MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
HEALTHBEAT Measuring medical care
How do your medical clinic and hospital stack up with the quality of care they provide? A new statewide report, issued Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Health, lays out the details on perform...
Posted on 11/19/10 at 7:23 PM
Health officials urge flood victims to test wells 
The Minnesota Department of Health is urging private well owners affected by flooding in the northeastern region to have their water tested.
By Associated Press , June 27, 2012
Skin-lightening products found to contain mercury
A day after the Minnesota Department of Health warned residents that skin-lightening products contained dangerous levels of mercury, authorities in Hennepin County said the products are hazardous waste and should be brought to special collection sites.
By Associated Press , May 27, 2011
AROUND THE REGION: City may restrict strip club sites ... Camera gear stolen from college ... Toronto man guilty of fraud ... more
The Williston City Commission is considering an ordinance to govern where adult entertainment businesses can set up shop. The proposal calls for such places as strip clubs to be located only in areas zoned industrial.
By Associated Press , February 12, 2011
Two elderly Minnesota women die of flu complications
The Minnesota Department of Health says a woman in her 80s from southeastern Minnesota died last week from complications of the H3 strain of flu virus. Earlier this month, another woman in her 80s from the Twin Cities area died after contracting the same strain.
By Associated Press , October 18, 2010
AROUND MINNESOTA: Firemen injured ... Healthy swimming ... Senator's stepsister drowns ... more
Two Minneapolis firefighters are recovering in a hospital from second- and third-degree burns while battling a house fire.
By Associated Press , July 05, 2010
Planned Parenthood calls for STD policy reform in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Health reported a state record 17,000 STD infections in 2008.
By Associated Press , February 24, 2010
No new swine flu deaths reported in Minnesota
Flu activity remains sporadic in Minnesota, as the second-wave of the swine flu continues creeping along while the seasonal flu hasn’t yet taken off.
By Associated Press , February 17, 2010
AREA NEWS: Local dikes win award ... N.D. park visits up ... Fewer have insurance ... more
The Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers recently selected the Grand Forks/East Grand Forks Flood Damage Reduction Project as one of the 2010 Seven Wonders of Engineering in Minnesota Award winners.
February 05, 2010
Wind turbines targeted in Minnesota
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission staff members recommend longer setback requirements and noise monitoring of wind turbines in response to growing health concerns.
By Patrick Springer , January 28, 2010
Families near TRF dairy take frustrations to Capitol
Residents from near Excel Dairy drove to St. Paul on Thursday to tell their plight. And senators were shocked to hear that unhealthy levels of manure fumes have surrounded their homes hundreds of times since the spring of 2007 despite two state agencies’ attempts to correct the situation.
By Don Davis , January 21, 2010
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