Jan 28, 2020 | Minnesota, News
By Chris Serres / Star Tribune One of Minnesota’s largest hospital systems is closing Twin Cities clinics that specialize in the care of older adults, disrupting care for hundreds of senior patients and exacerbating a statewide shortage of geriatric specialists....
Jan 10, 2020 | News, Wisconsin
BY SHAMANE MILLS | WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO Medical schools across the country have seen a sharp decline in rural students. This comes at a time when Wisconsin and other states are facing a physician shortage in sparsely populated communities. Medical school students...
Jan 3, 2020 | Global, News
AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES A three-month-old Malaysian infant has been diagnosed with polio, the first case reported in the Asia-Pacific country in 27 years, health authorities have said. The baby boy from Tuaran in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island...
Dec 13, 2019 | Minnesota, News
By Catharine Richert, MPR News Mayo Clinic recently announced it will close facilities in Springfield and Lamberton in southwestern Minnesota early next year, continuing a trend of closures and service cuts in rural areas. Mayo Clinic has closed or consolidated at...
Nov 19, 2019 | Minnesota, Montana, News
By Eli Saslow, The Washington Post SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A flashing red light summoned Dr. Brian Skow to his third emergency of the afternoon, and he hurried to a desk in a suburban office building. He sat in front of an oversize computer monitor, which showed a live...
