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Parents are facing alarming levels of stress

Parents are facing alarming levels of stress

Last week, the U.S. Surgeon General released a warning about the mental health of parents. MPR News host Angela Davis talked about why parents and caregivers are facing overwhelming stress and what can be done by individuals and through policies to better support families.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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As school begins, nurses face high turnover and heightened student mental health needs

As school begins, nurses face high turnover and heightened student mental health needs

Tuesday is the first day of school for many students and school nurses in some areas of the state are facing pressures on staffing and heightened mental health needs. Tara Cliff, health services supervisor at Eastern Carver County schools, said that turnover has been a challenge for her district.
by Nina Moini and Ngoc Bui

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The cost of senior care: Why aging farmers fear the nursing home

The cost of senior care: Why aging farmers fear the nursing home

Small family farmers are often “land rich, cash poor,” and nursing homes and other types of long-term care are expensive. Many worry about sacrificing their land to pay for care at the end of life.
by Juliana Kim and Tim Evans

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Measles outbreak affects at least 30 in Minnesota, closes Somali religious school

Measles outbreak affects at least 30 in Minnesota, closes Somali religious school

The highly contagious virus has been spreading in child care centers and other gathering places, health officials said. They urged families to seek out vaccines ahead of the new school year.
by Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

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2 years and counting. Inmate says medical delays still plague federal prison in Oregon

2 years and counting. Inmate says medical delays still plague federal prison in Oregon

A federal prison in Oregon says it's made a dent in the backlog of prisoners' medical requests after a scathing DOJ report. One prisoner, Luke Thornhill, says that can't be farther from the truth.
by Jaclyn Diaz

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As polio vaccinations begin in Gaza, U.N. says success hinges on a pause in fighting

As polio vaccinations begin in Gaza, U.N. says success hinges on a pause in fighting

Health care workers plan to reach more than 640,000 Palestinian children in a matter of days while Israel has agreed to staggered pauses in fighting.
by Juliana Kim and Aya Batrawy

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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community provides emergency assistance amid food shortage 

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community provides emergency assistance amid food shortage 

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a tribal nation in Minnesota, is providing emergency assistance to other tribal nations across the state and across the region as food promised to tribes by the federal government arrives late. 
by Melissa Olson

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