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Thanks to the industrializers of American agriculture, we finally know why the chicken crossed the road: to run away from the factory farm. These livestock and poultry factories are encased...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers who refused to help Gov. Mark Dayton develop Minnesota's online health insurance marketplace while they hoped for a changing of the guard in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Its place assured alongside Medicare and Medicaid, President Barack Obama's health care law is now in a sprint to the finish line, with just 11 months to...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — High carbon monoxide levels sickened several people and caused an evacuation at an ice arena in Duluth. Fire officials continue to investigate the source of what...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota health officials have confirmed another case of fungal meningitis in a national outbreak linked to steroid shots for back pain made by a specialty...

I nominate Athos, Porthos and Aramis to be the official spokesmen for this year’s influenza vaccination campaign. That’s right. It is once again time to roll up our sleeves for...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota on Tuesday confirmed its 10th case of fungal meningitis in a national outbreak tied to a tainted steroid from a Massachusetts pharmacy. The patient...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two Bemidji businesses were recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Businesses for promoting cycling. The Bike Guy Ski and Bicycle Shop and...

In 2003, scientists described the complete genetic script that underlies the biology of humans. This genetic information is in the form of chemical letters; in total, it comprises a book...

National brand-name conglomerates are in a bind over California’s Right to Know Genetically Modified Food Act, a measure known as Proposition 37. Actually, it’s a double bind. First, these gigantic...

ATLANTA (AP) — Expert government advisers want every pregnant woman to get a whooping cough vaccination. It's only the second time a vaccine has been recommended during pregnancy. Flu shots...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — A Park Rapids assisted living facility was ordered to beef up its alarm system after a dementia patient was found wandering along busy Minnesota Highway 34...

Long before human beings decoded the human genome or split the atom, they discovered that arsenic is very good at killing things. The ancient Romans prized it as a murder...

BOSTON (AP) — New state documents detail problems found in 2006 by an outside firm hired to do an assessment at the company at the center of a deadly meningitis...