Lorna Benson Feature Archive
When many people think of truck drivers and their lifestyle, they likely envision someone who sits a lot, eats loads of unhealthy food and consumes too many soft drinks.
(11/20/2012)
University of Minnesota researchers have found that Twin Cities teens are using steroids and muscle-enhancing substances at higher rates than previously thought.
(11/19/2012)
Public health officials have confirmed Minnesota's 13th fungal infection linked to contaminated steroids.
(11/15/2012)
A new health campaign launching in Minnesota seeks to dispel the notion that it's safe to schedule an elective delivery before 39 weeks of pregnancy.
(11/13/2012)
A nearly 20-year-old HIV seminar program at the University of Minnesota is being retired because attendance has dropped.
(11/12/2012)
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said that Minnesotans cast a record number of ballots in Tuesday's election.
(11/07/2012)
Minnesota has confirmed its 11th case of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroids.
(11/06/2012)
Minnesota's deer-hunting firearm season opens on Saturday and hunters will once again be able to donate deer carcasses to food shelves and food banks.
(10/30/2012)
The FDA now says 111 Minnesota clinics received drugs from a Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a fungal meningitis outbreak. That's 18 fewer clinics than state officials reported last week after receiving a different FDA provider list.
(10/26/2012)
Minnesota has confirmed its sixth and seventh cases of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroids.
(10/17/2012)
State officials say 129 clinics and hospitals in Minnesota received drug products that could pose a possible meningitis risk to patients.
(10/16/2012)
Minnesota health care providers are being urged to contact any patients who received a drug injection manufactured by the New England Compounding Center.
(10/15/2012)
Minnesota has confirmed its fifth case of fungal meningitis linked to the contaminated steroids.
(10/15/2012)
Compounding pharmacies have been under intense scrutiny since news emerged that a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy prepared and distributed contaminated steroids linked to meningitis infections.
(10/15/2012)
Two of the three Minnesota patients being treated for fungal meningitis have been released from the hospital.
(10/11/2012)