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Food and Public Health

Amos Laar, MPH, MA, PhD, FGA, delivered a lecture entitled: “Food and Public Health: If it is not safe, it is not food; and if it is not healthy, it is not good food — unpacking current consensus and tensions in the food and public health…
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Wastewater monitoring updates to add new capabilities beyond COVID-19 and Twin Cities

Minnesota Commissioner of Health Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, is quoted in Red Lake Nation News: “Wastewater monitoring updates to add new capabilities beyond COVID-19 and Twin Cities.”
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New anti-bias childbirth training courses address disparities in Black and Indigenous maternal and infant health

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, is quoted in a UMN News Release: “New anti-bias childbirth training courses address disparities in Black and Indigenous maternal and infant health.”
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Minnesota communities collaborate to improve health, reduce impacts of heart disease, stroke and diabetes

Minnesota Commissioner of Health Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, is quoted in the MDH News Release: “Minnesota communities collaborate to improve health, reduce impacts of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.”
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"It's important to foster open discussion about the topic" . . .

Catherine McCarty, PhD, MPH, MSB, HEC-C; Sarah L Hutto; Aubie K Shaw co-authored “‘It's important to foster open discussion about the topic: development, implementation, and evaluation of an ethics of abortion independent learning module…
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Controversial group at University of Minnesota medical school in Duluth divides students

Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, and Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C, are quoted in the StarTribune; they provide ethical commentary on clinicians' rights and responsibilities when their religious beliefs conflict with the provision of gender…
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BCA launches Minnesota Drug Crimes and Overdose Dashboard

Minnesota Commissioner of Health Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, is quoted in the Austin Daily Herald article: “BCA launches Minnesota Drug Crimes and Overdose Dashboard.”
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New Covid-19 Booster Expected to Arrive This Week

Minnesota Commissioner of Health Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, is quoted in the CCX Media article: “New Covid-19 Booster Expected to Arrive This Week.”
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State agencies team up to offer suicide prevention trainings for Minnesota teachers and staff

Minnesota Commissioner of Health Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, is quoted in the MDH News Release: “State agencies team up to offer suicide prevention trainings for Minnesota teachers and staff. Suicide Prevention Awareness Month is an…
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Teachers, education staffers encouraged to take free suicide prevention training

Minnesota Commissioner of Health Brooke Cunningham, MD, PhD, is quoted in the Kare11 article: “Teachers, education staffers encouraged to take free suicide prevention training.”