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Health
Whooping cough cases spike in the U.S., after people missed vaccinations during pandemic
Infectious diseases experts say many Americans fell behind on their whooping cough vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, which they say has compounded the recent uptick in cases.
Vaccine hesitancy concerns physicians amid Minnesota measles outbreak
Across the board, people are challenging the need for all vaccines — not just MMR, or measles, mumps and rubella shots. General vaccination rates are even lower in the Somali community.
Minnesotan discovers new insight into former President Richard Nixon’s views on marijuana
Minnesota lobbyist Kurtis Hanna listened to hours of taped conversations from the Nixon White House. In one, the former president who started the war on drugs said that marijuana was not dangerous.
Minnesota scientist says ‘man flu’ may be more than a punchline
Chances are you have heard a woman poking fun at a man in her life for having a cold and not handling it very well. Research shows there may be some biological and evolutionary factors that indeed make male and female experiences of having a common cold feel different.
Black Minneapolis residents bear heaviest mental health burden after George Floyd’s murder, new research finds
“Often in epidemiological studies, advantage, say, wealth or socioeconomic status will often serve as a buffer against health problems. But we don’t find that here,” said coauthor Ryan Larson, an assistant professor of criminology at Hamline University.
Sickle cell gene therapies roll out slowly
It’s been almost a year since the Food and Drug Administration approved the first genetic treatments for sickle cell disease. So far, only a few patients have received the long-awaited treatments.