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• Blue Cross Blue Shield cut payments, hospital organization alleges
  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is accused of slashing payments to hospitals by the Minnesota Hospital Association.April 24, 2013
• Local warming? They see it in China
  Scientists trace China's warmer weather to local greenhouse gases.The Daily Circuit, April 24, 2013
• Governments may push workers to health exchange
  In a quest to save money, political leaders in Washington state are exploring a plan that would shift some government workers out of their current health plans and onto the insurance exchange developed under President Barack Obama's health care law.April 24, 2013
• Fargo downsizes Red River flood fight after revised forecast
  After a revised forecast, Fargo is downsizing efforts to fight. Red River flooding. The revision from the National Weather Service on Wednesday means fewer sandbags will be needed to prepare for a river crest expected late next week.April 24, 2013
• Poll: Aging US in denial about long-term care need
  We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older -- and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging, and found two-thirds say they've done little to no planning.April 24, 2013
• Minn. health official addresses 8% rise in HIV cases
  State health officials say there were 315 new cases of HIV in Minnesota last year, an 8 percent increase over the number of new cases in 2011.The Daily Circuit, April 24, 2013
• U doctors' historic effort to cure child with HIV and leukemia
  A University of Minnesota team performed an unprecedented transplant on Tuesday in an effort to cure a 12-year-old boy who has both HIV and leukemia. Their potential solution: umbilical cord blood containing a protein known to protect a person against HIV.The Daily Circuit, April 24, 2013
• HIV-leukemia patient gets rare transplant
  Doctors at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital are hopefully a promising bone marrow transplant will cure a boy diagnosed with HIV and leukemia.April 24, 2013
• Living with ALS, Part XII: Yoga reconnects a patient's disconnected body
  This is our 12th report following University of St. Thomas professor Bruce Kramer as he copes with life after being diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.April 24, 2013
• Help for 'uninsurables' mired in political battle
  A GOP bill, headed for a vote Wednesday in the House, would divert billions from another program under President Barack Obama's signature law, a transfer Democrats say would undermine broader goals. Caught in the middle are the so-called uninsurables.April 24, 2013
• Air quality report gives Minn. mixed reviews
  A new report from the American Lung Association shows some improvements in air quality in Minnesota's cities, but Ramsey County had poor grades for fine particle pollution for the third year in a row.April 24, 2013
• Voyageurs park trails close for season
  Here's a sign of hope for Minnesotans tired of winter. All trails in Voyageurs National Park in far northern Minnesota have closed for the season because of warm weather.April 23, 2013
• Officials warn of ducklings disease risk
  Minnesota health officials are warning that chicks and ducklings can carry salmonella.April 23, 2013
• Dr. Jon Hallberg: Diabetes treatment goals missed
  Fewer than half of Americans diagnosed with diabetes are meeting key treatment goals, according to a study in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Our medical analyst, Dr. Jon Hallberg, talked with MPR's Tom Crann about the reasons behind those results.April 23, 2013
• Students travel to Arctic to collect stories of climate change
  A Minnesota group is traveling across the Arctic region of Canada this month to gather stories about the effects of climate change.April 23, 2013

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