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Frozen waffles sold at Walmart, Target and supermarkets are recalled over listeria risk
The recall includes various certain frozen waffles sold in Walmart, Target, Publix and other stores. Some waffles for brands like Kodiak Cakes, Simple Truth and Food Hold have also been recalled.
Minnesota Department of Health: Statewide whooping cough cases at 8-year high
Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are at an eight-year high in the state. The Minnesota Department of Health reports there are currently 1,019 cases compared to 61 this time last year.
‘Horrifying’ mistake to harvest organs from a living person averted, witnesses say
At a hospital in Kentucky, witnesses say, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped and the man is alive three years later.
More young women are getting breast cancer
MPR News host Angela Davis revisits a conversation with a survivor and her oncologist about diagnosis, survivorship challenges and why breast cancer still kills 40,000 people each year.
Navigating Medicare: What Minnesotans need to know
Medicare’s open enrollment period begins Tuesday amid market turmoil. Health systems in Minnesota are part of a nationwide trend in which shrinking profits have led some to drop Medicare Advantage plans.