The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has won a national award for its efforts to increase immunization rates among uninsured and underinsured adults in Minnesota.

In observance of Hepatitis Awareness Month (May), health officials are calling for all U.S. baby boomers – the generation born from 1945 through 1965 – to get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus.

Analysis confirms drinking water was major source for most residents. MDH will present results from the survey analysis portion of the East Metro Perfluorochemicals (PFC) Biomonitoring Follow-up Project at a community meeting on May 15.

A new analysis by the Minnesota Department of Health finds that middle and high school students who have asthma are just as likely as their peers, who do not have asthma, to participate in sports.

At least 25 Minnesotans have been sickened with salmonellosis linked to eating a raw Mexican-style cheese, queso fresco, state health officials said.

Judy Jerde of White Bear Lake has been named a Childhood Immunization Champion in recognition of her outstanding efforts to promote childhood immunization.

In recent years, Minnesota has made significant progress in reducing hospitalizations for heart attacks but rates of stroke hospitalizations have remained stubbornly steady.

State officials investigate Salmonella illnesses linked to Krinos brand tahini