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4 hours ago

Insurance Dispute Leaves Pediatric Therapy Clinic With Growing Waitlist in Anoka County | MinneapoliMedia Blue Cross denied Berg Therapy's network request in Blaine. Now 40 kids wait for care that exists but insurance won't cover. Early intervention is time sensitive. Fix the network.

40 kids in Anoka County need therapy. The clinic has open slots. Blue Cross says no. The network looks full on paper. It's not. These children cannot wait. minneapolimedia.town.news/g/coon-rapid... #MinneapoliMedia #HashtagOfTheDay #HealthcareAccess #MNHealth #ChildDevelopment #BergTherapy #MNHealth

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Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

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5 months ago

Racial disparity in Minnesota opioid overdose deaths highlighted | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Indigenous and Black Minnesotans are 15 and three times more likely to die from opioid overdoses, respectively, highlighting the urgent need for equitable health care responses.

📉🖤 Indigenous Minnesotans are 15x more likely to die from opioid overdoses. Black Minnesotans: 3x. Addiction doesn’t discriminate, but policy does. We need anti-racist harm reduction NOW. #MNHealth #HarmReduction #BlackHealth #IndigenousJustice

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News Analysis

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6 months ago

Draft ‘MAHA’ plan to improve kids’ health leaked. Here’s what’s in it. Leaked draft of Minnesota's MAHA plan aims to improve children's health. May report prioritizes far...

Leaked draft of Minnesota's MAHA plan aims to improve children's health. May report prioritizes farmer prosperity, taking a milder approach to pesticide regulation than some expected. #MNHealth #News

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League of Women Voters Roseville Area - Making Democracy Work

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9 months ago

Tell our Senators not to gut Medicaid! Please call today and often. Medicaid is the largest single source of health insurance in Minnesota. We can stop this when we stand up together! #medicaid #mnhealth #leagueofwomenvoters #healthcareforall

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News Analysis

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11 months ago

Minnesota Dept. of Health announces $226M in federal cuts and layoffs of around 200 employees State health officials held an all-staff meeting Wednesday to explain how the $226 million in cut...

$226M in federal health grants cut, impacting MN. ~25% of state health dept budget affected. Layoffs anticipated (150-200+ state employees). Cuts also impact local services & vaccine clinics. #MNHealth #News

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Beyond Pesticides

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4 years ago

Minnesota Biomonitoring Study Addresses Children's Exposure to Pesticides, Air Pollutants, and Toxic Metals - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, March 9, 2022) In response to local concerns around children’s environmental exposures, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) recently published biomonitoring data collected from young children living in urban and rural areas of the state. The findings provide local residents and lawmakers with baseline data on the hazards children are encountering where they live, learn, or play, and point to ways in which families can reduce or eliminate these dangers. With evidence that early life exposures during “critical windows of vulnerability” increase risk of long-term health problems, it is critical for state agencies to both collect data, and take meaningful action to protect children from future harms. Minnesota lawmakers established a state biomonitoring program in 2007, and have since expanded the project. The current report represents the results of MDH’s Healthy Rural and Urban Kids Project aimed at biomonitoring chemicals in young children. For this round, the agency focused on preschool-aged children living in MN’s rural Becker, Todd, and Wadena counties, as well as those living in urban North Minneapolis. MDH enrolled 232 families during the summer of 2018, provided them with a questionnaire, and tested children for 21 different chemicals in their urine. The chemicals tested were […]

#MNhealth published #biomonitoring data of #kids that show differences in #chemicalexposures between rural and urban #children. #Pesticideexposure also displayed a level of urban/rural divide. #toxicchemicals #pesticides #health #pollution #environment

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