Today we approved the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, approved for use in the U.S., to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in individuals 60 years and older. Learn more: fda.gov/news-events/pr…

Minnesota patients and providers navigate ‘historical peak’ of drug shortages mprnews.org/story/2023/05/… by Michelle Wiley via @mprnews

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill yesterday that would allocate $240 million toward removing and replacing lead pipes in homes across the state. From Michelle Wiley mprnews.org/story/2023/05/…

Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act conference committee this morning adopted its conference report. That moves next to both floors for approval. "We didn't find that quote unquote peace in the valley, but this is a really good bill," Sandra Feist says.

"In its first month of reviews, South Dakota ended coverage for 10% of all Medicaid and CHIP enrollees in the state. More than half of them were children." kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

MinnPost Fact Brief: Did the Minnesota Legislature fund the replacement of all lead pipes? minnpost.com/fact-briefs/20…

Last year on June 24 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. MPR News wants to hear from Minnesotans about how they feel one year post-Roe. Call 651-290-1187 and leave a voicemail with your story and contact information. We may use a portion of your audio on the air

We've had to share this story about how to protect yourself from wildfire smoke too many times here KQED ... but flagging it for our friends at WNYC 🎙. kqed.org/science/192679…

Nearly 1 year ago Roe v Wade was overturned. While many states saw abortion eliminated, Minnesota strengthened access. How did it happen? That’s what Michelle Wiley, Dana Ferguson and myself explore in our series: the state of abortion. Read part one ⬇️ mprnews.org/story/2023/06/…

The second installation in our series this week on how the last year has been in Minnesota post-Roe: how clinics are faring. mprnews.org/story/2023/06/…

Minnesota was already an island of abortion care before Roe was overturned. Now, it’s worse. Michelle Wiley and Dana Ferguson checked in with WE Health (who has seen a 25 percent increase), Red River and PP. Part two of the state of abortion ⬇️ mprnews.org/story/2023/06/…

Part 3: One year after Roe, Minnesota is the least restrictive state in the upper Midwest. Here’s where things stand on abortion ⬇️ with Dana Ferguson Michelle Wiley and an interactive graph by Craig Helmstetter APM Research Lab mprnews.org/story/2023/06/…

This Pride month, MPR News is highlighting transgender and nonbinary leaders in Minnesota. Reneka Evans has spent decades working in community health care for LGBTQ+ people, with a focus on helping Black, trans people. Story from Michelle Wiley mprnews.org/story/2023/06/…

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big news for the journalism girlies: Dana Ferguson, Michelle Wiley and I won a Headliner Awards for our series "The State of Abortion." This series discussed what things looked like one year post-Roe in Minnesota. Lucky to be a part of the team❤️ mprnews.org/the-state-of-a…