Kristin Anderson
9/11: Letter to the editor: rethinking student health insurance (Minnesota Daily)
9/25: Eligibility requirement concerns arise over student health care insurance (Minnesota Daily)
Silvia Balbo
9/6: Everything we know — and don’t know — about the dangers of vaping (HuffPost)
Jeff Bender
9/17: Missed phone calls, changing stories: How E. coli spread at the San Diego County Fair (The San Diego Union-Tribune – CA)
9/19: Missed phone calls, changing stories: How E. coli spread at the San Diego County Fair (The Herald-Mail – Hagerstown, MD)
9/22: Missed phone calls, changing stories: How E. coli spread at a county fair (The Bulletin – Bend, OR)
9/29: Fungal disease ravaging Minnesota dogs at record pace this year (Duluth News Tribune – MN)
9/29: Fungal disease ravaging Minnesota dogs at record pace this year (Grand Forks Herald – ND)
Jesse Berman
9/10: Research Brief: Air pollution linked to increases in violent criminal behavior (University Public Relations)
9/10: Researchers link air pollution to increases in violent criminal behavior (WCCO TV – Minneapolis, MN)
9/10: Air pollution linked to violent behavior, says University of Minnesota study (FOX 9 TV – Minneapolis, MN)
9/11: Air pollution linked to increases in violent criminal behavior (Medical Xpress)
9/14: Air pollution and violence linked (Duluth News Tribune – MN)
9/14: Research Brief: Air pollution linked to increases in violent criminal behavior (Northfield News – MN)
Caitlin Carroll
9/27: Deaths rise after rural hospitals close, University of Minnesota study finds (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)
Jon Christianson
9/20: Medicare needs surgery, Washington insider tells Minnesota docs (Grand Forks Herald – ND)
Susan Bartlett Foote (emeritus)
9/17: The struggle is real (Faribault Daily News – MN)
Melanie Firestone (student) and Craig Hedberg
9/27: Want to find out how your favorite MN restaurant did on its health inspection? Be prepared to wait (KARE TV – Minneapolis, MN)
Joseph Gaugler
9/20: Study looks to improve lives of those living with dementia (KARE TV – Minneapolis, MN)
9/24: National study could help people with dementia and their caregivers (WNYT TV – Albany, NY)
Rachel Hardeman, Katy Kozhimannil and J’Mag Karbeah (student)
9/10: Research brief concludes culturally centered birth center improves health care before and after birth (Insight News)
9/18: Research brief concludes culturally centered birth center improves health care before and after birth (The Philadelphia Tribune – PA)
Craig Hedberg
9/20: New research: Hand sanitizers no match for Influenza-A (KARE TV – Minneapolis, MN)
9/20: New research: Hand sanitizers no match for Influenza-A (KXTV TV – Sacremento, CA)
Carrie Henning-Smith
9/30: As rural suicide rates increase in America, studies show risk is not randomly distributed (NBC News)
Ashley Hernandez (student) and Coleman Drake (PhD ’18)
9/16: Research Brief: Few online firearm listings require or conduct background checks (UMN News)
9/17: Few online firearm listings in the U.S. require or conduct background checks (Medical Xpress)
9/18: Gun sales find an easy path online (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)
9/25: UMN researchers study loophole in firearms sales (Minnesota Daily)
David Jacobs
9/3: 8 workout products that are actually worth the splurge (Fast Company)
9/24: Is saturated fat bad? Canada’s Food Guide says, so. Here’s what the science really says (The Hamilton Spectator – Onatrio, Canada)
J’Mag Karbeah (student)
9/26: Research Brief: Providing culturally sensitive pregnancy care to black women (UMN News)
9/27: Providing culturally sensitive pregnancy care to black women (Medical Xpress)
Katy Kozhimannil and Rachel Hardeman
9/20: In Mass. and beyond, state lawmakers push for Medicaid coverage of birth doulas (WBUR Radio – Boston, MA)
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP), Laura Babcock, and Nathan Landwehr
9/8: UMN program working to eliminate use of hazardous chemical ‘perc’ at dry cleaners
Hannah Neprash
9/2: Physicians more likely to prescribe opioids later in the day (Medical Xpress)
9/3: Providers more likely to prescribe opioids as the day progresses or if they’re running late (AJMC Managed Markets Network)
9/3: Harried physicians more likely to prescribe opioids to pain patients (Fierce Healthcare)
9/4: Doctors prescribe more opioids late in the day (Modern Healthcare)
9/5: Doctors more likely to prescribe opioids later in the day (Medical News Today)
9/6: This Week in Managed Care (AJMC Managed Markets Network)
9/6: Doctors prescribe more opioids later in the day, U research finds (Minneapolis Star Tribune – MN)
9/9: Docs prescribe more opioids at certain time of day (U.S. News & World Report)
9/11: UMN researcher finds doctors are more likely to prescribe opioids later in the day (Minnesota Daily)
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
9/5: Research: Study suggests body dissatisfaction begins before adolescence (Faribault Daily News – MN)
Michael Osterholm
9/2: Chronic wasting disease resource center launched (Albert Lea Tribune – MN)
9/4: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy launches new CWD Resource Center (Waukon Standard – IA)
9/5: Winona to close deer park over CWD (Winona Post – MN)
9/5: Should I get a flu shot already? Everything you need to know about the vaccine (People Magazine)
9/5: Should I get a flu shot already? Everything you need to know about the vaccine (Yahoo! Entertainment)
9/9: What you need to know about Chronic Wasting Disease before the 2019 hunting season (York Daily Record)
9/16: Health officials are hunting for the culprit behind vaping-related illnesses. Here are five questions about the outbreak (STAT)
9/18: Are we prepared for a global outbreak of contagious diseases? (BBC-World Service Radio)
9/18: Accelerating flu protection (Scientific American)
Mark Pereira and Zachary Pope (postdoctoral fellow)
9/13: U of M researchers study what happens when you walk in green spaces (KARE 11 TV – Minneapolis, MN)
Simon Rosser
9/6: Talking prostate cancer awareness (Faribault Daily News – MN)
9/10: Talking with U of M: Be aware of prostate cancer risks, symptoms (Brainerd Dispatch – MN)
Rural Health Research Center
9/30: Seeking a cure: The quest to save rural hospitals (Iowa Public Radio)
9/30: Seeking a cure: The quest to save the Midwest’s rural hospitals (The Bridge – Ann Arbor, MI)
Gary Schwitzer
9/7: Junk food will make you blind!!!! (BioEdge)
9/13: Spin happens: How we cover medical studies affects readers’ attitude toward results (Association of Health Care Journalists)
Matt Simcik
9/27: ‘Forever chemicals’ coming to your table, if not already there (Bloomberg Law)
Jaime Slaughter-Acey
9/6: Discrimination delays prenatal care (Northwest Indiana Times)
Kumi Smith
9/30: NIH officials warn increasing rates of STIs constitute public health crisis (Contagion Live)
State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
9/4: Shad Plank: Soaring pharmaceutical prices capture a General Assembly panel’s attention (Daily Press – Newport News, VA)
9/5: More Montanans skipping medication due to costs (Bozeman Daily Chronicle – MT)
9/17: NH hospital CEOs wary of high-deductible health plans (New Hampshire Union Leader)
9/19: What some researchers get wrong about Medicaid’s income eligibility requirements (Health Affairs Blog)
Tamara Statz
9/27: Lewy body experts to talk about often misdiagnosed dementia (Lillie News – St. Paul, MN)
Irina Stepanov
9/17: U of M Expert: Vaping’s possible connection to lung disease (UMN News)
9/22: Health risks of vaping (KMSP TV – Minneapolis, MN)
9/26: Burnsville-Eagan-Savage fine-tunes vaping policy, though some question enforcement (Southwest News Media – MN)
9/27: Vaping THC crisis hits the Northland (Duluth News Tribune)
9/27: Black market vape juice risky as lung illnesses raise doubts about e-cigarettes (St. Cloud Times – MN)
Leigh Turner
9/6: How not to fall for stem cell hype (MinnPost)
9/11: Dangerous results from unproven stem cell treatments led to Google ad ban (The Verge)
