Susan Arnold
10/31: Water Gremlin, state meet in Ramsey County court over closure of the plant (Minnesota Public Radio)
Jeff Bender
10/8: Lawsuit filed related to ongoing listeria outbreak linked to precooked chicken products (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)
10/9: Veterinary groups meet in Washington, D.C. (JAVMA News)
10/9: Pregnancy on the farm comes with its own set of risks (Nebraska Public Radio and Television)
Jesse Berman
10/2: Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds (Source Magazine)
10/4: Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds (Nature World News)
10/9: Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increase in violent crime (The Economist)
10/9: “Fascinating and scary” – is something literally in the air causing violent crime? (SciTechDaily)
10/11: Air pollution exposure is linked to increased violent crime (EcoWatch)
10/12: Air pollution tied to higher rates of violent crime (Psych Central)
10/27: Exposure to air pollution linked to increasing violent crime rates (Nature World News)
John Connett
10/23: Research Brief: Study finds beta blockers ineffective in stopping COPD flare-ups (UMN News)
10/29: Study finds beta blockers ineffective in stopping COPD flare-ups (Faribault Daily News – MN)
Janette Dill
10/15: A lot of women work in health care. But not at the top. Why is that? (The Wall Street Journal)
10/16: Research Brief: Is health care the new “manufacturing” when it comes to good jobs? (UMN News)
10/16: Why many women in healthcare are not promoted to top positions (Becker’s Hospital Review)
10/27: Is health care the new “manufacturing” when it comes to good jobs? (Grand Rapids Herald Review – MN)
John Finnegan
10/23: A pioneer of digital libraries: Wendy Pradt Lougee retires from her longtime legacy as University librarian (Minnesota Daily)
Joseph Gaugler
10/2: Alzheimer’s expert plans talks in Fairmont (Fairmont Sentinel – MN)
10/10: CREST to host Alzheimer’s tour (KEYC TV – Mankato, MN)
10/28: Talking Alzheimer’s awareness with U of M (UMN News)
10/29: Talking Alzheimer’s awareness (Faribault Daily News – MN)
Ezra Golberstein
10/18: Teens are struggling with mental health, suicide. We need to find out why. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
10/19: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials (The State – Columbia, SC)
10/21: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials (Associated Press)
10/24: Missing paperwork bumps 1,600 Minnesotans from Medicaid coverage (Minnesota Public Radio News)
10/25: Missing paperwork bumps 1,600 Minnesotans from Medicaid coverage (Rochester Post Bulletin – MN)
10/31: 5 days in psychiatric care led to $21,000 hospital bill (ABC News)
10/31: A woman’s grief led to a mental health crisis and a $21,634 hospital bill (Iowa Public Radio)
10/31: A woman’s grief led to a mental health crisis and a $21,634 hospital bill (WBHM Radio – University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Cole Hanson (student)
10/10: Where the sidewalk ends: What comes next for Indian Mounds Park (Streets MN)
Rachel Hardeman
10/24: Research Brief: Tuskegee study’s medical exploitation led to population-wide declines in health among black men (UMN News)
10/30: In Minneapolis, a birth center battles racial inequity (U.S. News & World Report)
Carrie Henning-Smith
10/19: Rural maternity units closing (Radio Health Journal)
Peter Huckfeldt
10/10: How the president’s new changes to Medicare may affect your healthcare (Healthline)
Hyun Kim
10/2: UMN students speak out about health implications of climate change (Minnesota Daily)
Mary Kosuth (student)
10/25: UW researchers find microplastics in BWCAW (The Bemidji Pioneer – MN)
Katy Kozhimannil
10/1: Options for maternal care dwindle in rural Iowa (The Cedar Rapids Gazette – IA)
10/25: Commentary: Rural health is climate health (The Daily Yonder)
Melissa Laska
10/11: Study finds city convenience stores increased healthy food options, improving access in low-income areas (Medical Xpress)
10/30: New UMN research to find strategies to fight food insecurity on college campuses (Minnesota Daily)
Vic Massaglia
10/30: New group created for faculty, staff and graduate students veterans (Minnesota Daily)
Hannah Neprash
10/8: Primary care appointment time impacts prescribing of opioids (Medical Xpress)
Michael Osterholm
10/7: States warn of deer with Chronic Wasting Disease (Newsmax)
10/7: ‘Zombie’ deer disease: States issue new warnings, confirmations of chronic wasting disease (USA Today)
10/8: Minnesota officials burn, bury, worry as chronic wasting spreads (Minnesota Public Radio News)
10/9: Zika: Researchers are learning more about the long-term consequences for children (National Public Radio)
10/9: Zika: Researchers are learning more about the long-term consequences for children (WUFT Radio – Gainesville, FL)
10/9: Bugging Out (Pacific Sun)
10/10: Zika: Researchers are learning more about the long-term consequences for children (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
10/10: Zombie disease: Everything you need to know (Newsweek)
10/22: Tick bait: The secret history of Lyme Disease (Good Times – Santa Cruz County, CA)
10/24: The U.S. has stopped Ebola before. It may never repeat that success. (The Washington Post)
10/25: The U.S. stopped Ebola before. It may never repeat that success. (Bryan-College Station Eagle – TX)
10/26: The flu vaccine: Everything you need to know (The Week)
Jon Oliver and Kenwyn Shriner (student)
10/30: Tick research at Itasca State Park has worldwide implications (Park Rapids Enterprise – MN)
Colin Planalp (SHADAC)
10/25: Minnesota’s suicide rate has jumped by 50 percent since 2000 (Citypages – Minneapolis, MN)
10/29: Health Notes: Suicide, MinnesotaCare and flu shots (Duluth News Tribune – MN)
10/30: New SHADAC report shows suicides up in MN over last two decades (Minnesota News Network: audio segment starts at 0:34)
Rural Health Research Center
10/5: Costs forcing some hospitals in the state to stop delivering babies (KCRG TV – Cedar Rapid, IA)
10/5: Costs forcing some hospitals to stop delivering babies (The Hour)
10/9: Birthing units continue to close in rural Iowa (KPVI TV – Pocatello, ID)
10/9: Birthing units continue to close in rural Iowa (Southernminn.com – Faribault, MN)
10/14: Seeking a cure: The quest to save rural hospitals (The Daily Yonder)
10/22: New nonprofit helps people socially connect, receive basic services (The Union – Nevada County, CA)
School of Public Health/Center for Integrative Leadership
10/8: Former Gov. Dayton takes unpaid fellowship at UMN’s Humphrey School (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
10/8: Former Gov. Mark Dayton gets new gig at University of Minnesota (Bring Me the News – MN)
10/9: Former Gov. Mark Dayton to complete unpaid University of Minnesota fellowship (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)
10/9: Dayton takes unpaid fellowship at U of M’s Humphrey School (Grand Forks Herald – ND)
10/9: Former Gov. Mark Dayton to complete unpaid U fellowship (Albert Lea Tribune – MN)
10/9: Dayton takes unpaid fellowship at U of M’s Humphrey School (West Central Tribune – Willmar, MN)
School of Public Health
10/28: Should your school day start later? (The New York Times)
10/30: Minnesotans can help shape Assisted Living Report Card (Detroit Lakes Tribune – MN)
Tetyana Shippee
10/16: Tempted to lie about how old you are? Why you should ‘claim your age’ (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
10/10: Warwick needs relief from RxGreed (Warwick Beacon – RI)
10/13: Broad similarities found in Democrats’ prescription drug plans (New Hampshire Union Leader)
10/22: Report: Minnesota’s suicide Rate jumps 56% within past 20 years (WCCO TV – Minneapolis, MN
Irina Stepanov
10/3: FAQ: What we know about the deadly lung illnesses tied to vaping (Los Angeles Times)
10/4: Vaping’s possible connection to lung disease (Faribault Daily News – MN)
10/5: Linked lung injury kills 18, sickens 1,080 in U.S. outbreak (The Hilltop Monitor)
10/17: Vaping-related injury Cases near 1,500, with 33 deaths (The Wall Street Journal)
10/17: Experts: Interaction of chemicals and heating may be cause of lung injury surge (Isanti-Chisago County Star – MN)
Jon Vanyo (Minnesota Technical Assistance Program)
10/5: Technicians look to waste-loving bugs to fill role of chems at Spice Treatment Plant (Lakes Area Review – MN)
10/8: U of M helping Glacial Lakes Sewer System reduce nutrients (Willmar Radio – MN)
