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Dené K. Dryden

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Health reporter for the Post Bulletin in Rochester, Minnesota. On Signal at ddryden.80

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 12h
How to talk to someone who is considering suicide. September is Suicide Prevention Month. Call 988 if you or someone who know needs help. talkawaythedark.afsp.org/thinkingabou...
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If Someone Is Thinking About Suicide #RealConvo Guide | AFSP
If you’re having an open, honest conversation with someone about mental health, you may feel a lot of pressure. Here's some advice and tips on how to help them.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When hospitals close L&D services, they often cite money, workforce and low birth volumes as factors. Some U. of Minn. researchers wanted to see what factors, statistically, make it more likely that a hospital will lose obstetric services. I spoke with one researcher about the new study's results:
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U of M study defines risk factors for maternity care closures
Using national data, researchers at the University of Minnesota identified which hospitals are more at risk of losing their obstetric, or maternity care, services.
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“You call 911 and that little emergency room is coming to your door.”
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50 years in, Hayfield EMS seeks new ambulance, higher certification
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Valerie Guimaraes wants to educate others, particularly in Native American communities, about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and how affected families can find support.
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This Rochester woman is raising awareness around FASD prevention, support
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Walz joined various leaders, including Mayo Clinic president and CEO Dr. Gianrico Farrugia and Mayor Kim Norton, to recognize the development initiative's impact over the course of his tenure.
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Gov. Tim Walz touts DMC development in Rochester
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Minnesota Department of Commerce held the first of its kind event in Olmsted County on Friday.
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Insurance village helps Rochester-area storm victims get answers
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From the weekend: Lanesboro, a Southeast Minnesota town of 700, does not have a healthcare clinic, pharmacy or elder care facility. Forty percent of Lanesboro's residents are age 55 or older, and Mayor Alicia Pearson said many want to age in place. She's exploring ways to make that happen.
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In Lanesboro, mayor Alicia Pearson wants to make aging-in-place a rural reality
Through policy and science angles, Lanesboro's mayor says she wants to make changes to help rural residents age in their home community.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PA asks CDC to recognize the four measles-associated death in its state. The CDC reports no deaths on its website. wjactv.com/news/local/p...
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PA asks for help with measles outbreak if CDC recognizes 4 measles-related deaths: letter
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for help controlling the ongoing measles outbreak.
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The company, Precure, LLC, aims to use biospecimens, clinical data and AI to " help researchers identify early biological signals of disease."
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Mayo Clinic, Thermo Fisher Scientific launch LLC focused on early disease research
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
As a child, Rochester-raised Noah Billings found structure and meaning in triathlon. Now, he's just a few weeks away from competing in the world championship race in Spain.
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As Team USA's first triathlete with an autism designation, Noah Billings prepares for the world championship
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Rochester senator is urging Gov. Tim Walz and the state's commerce department to enforce a home care nursing law before 2027 plan rates are set.
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Ahead of 2027 health plan deadline, Boldon continues push for home care nursing fix
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
People are using AI to impersonate real science journalists. And one even got PUBLISHED. In Science. www.linkedin.com/posts/caroli...
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Fake Caroline update: The person who was impersonating me managed to get an article published in Science, under my by-line. And they got paid for it! I've seen the pitches (bad), and the email…...
Fake Caroline update: The person who was impersonating me managed to get an article published in Science, under my by-line. And they got paid for it! I've seen the pitches (bad), and the email chai...
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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · 15/09/2026
Student journalists are being punished for doing their jobs — ask Indiana University, Morgan State, American, Kansas. Learn to cover your campus in depth & protect your rights doing it. 🖤Fellows: free registration + 1yr IRE membership 🗓️Sept. 25 | 📍Mizzou | ⏰Apply by Sept. 18 bit.ly/4tKZVS2
Promotional flyer for IRE's next Watchdog Training in Columbia, MO. Text reads 'Next IRE Watchdog Training, Columbia, MO, Sept. 25, 8am–5pm CT, Register Now! Limited Availability.' Background photo shows two people viewing laptop screens, one displaying the IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors) website.Promotional flyer for IRE Watchdog Training featuring a photo of Benét J. Wilson, IRE Training Director, smiling and wearing glasses and a black floral top. Text reads 'Gain the skills to protect your rights as a student journalist. Training organizer: Benét J. Wilson, IRE Training Director. Sept. 25, 8am–5pm CT. Covering Your Campus, Protecting Your Rights.Promotional flyer template with placeholder text 'Workshop Name Here.' Main text reads 'Free for fellows +1 year IRE membership. Open to MO & surrounding state students. Apply by Sept. 18.' Includes a 'Register Now!' button and event details: Sept. 25, 8am–5pm CT, University of Missouri, 221 S 8th St, Columbia, MO.
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nearly 150 Allina hospital doctors walk off the job in historic 4-day strike in Minnesota minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/14/n...
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Nearly 150 Allina hospital doctors walk off the job in historic 4-day strike in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Nearly 150 unionized doctors at two Twin Cities area hospitals began a four-day strike on Monday in what’s believed to be the first walkout by private-sector hospital doctors in U.S. history. Doctors ...
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Vyriad and Mayo Clinic are now enrolling patients in a clinical trial to test in vivo CAR-T therapy for #multiplemyeloma. Instead of taking T-cells from the patient's body and transforming them into CAR-T cells in a lab, this treatment creates the cancer-fighting CAR-T cells within the body.
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Vyriad, Mayo Clinic begin clinical trial on new CAR-T treatment
Up to 40 patients with multiple myeloma will be enrolled in the Phase 1 clinical trial to test an emerging therapy: in vivo CAR-T.
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Jeff Kiger @whereskiger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mayo Clinic Laboratories to build $30 million testing facility in Mississippi www.postbulletin.com/health/mayo-...
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Mayo Clinic Laboratories to build $30 million testing facility in Mississippi
The expansion is expected to create more than 230 jobs in the Southaven area.
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Rochester Mayor Kim Norton visited Riverside Elementary School Tuesday morning to see the Apple a Day program in action.
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A gap program to feed Rochester students enters its third year
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Erin McGroarty @erinmcgroarty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today I published the first installment of Deadly Divide, an investigation into Wisconsin's ongoing Black infant mortality crisis. A huge thank you to @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social for supporting this work with a national fellowship. Read it here: captimes.com/news/health/...
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Wisconsin’s Black infant mortality crisis is harming generations
Wisconsin has one of the highest rates of Black babies dying before their first birthday. Neither family income nor education explains the disparity.
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Clinical trials, whether for new cancer treatments or simple lifestyle interventions, are based on foundational science and lots of planning.
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In Southeast Minnesota, clinical trial participation plays a key role in advancing science
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
More Americans are experiencing high blood pressure during their pregnancies. Two local OB-GYNs and a nurse midwife share how they help their patients with this diagnosis.
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Hypertension in pregnancy is on the rise. Southeast Minnesota experts share risk factors, impact on care
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Rochester Art Center is one of the latest venues for the national SPARK! program for people with memory loss and their caregivers.
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A new Rochester program leans into art, the senses for those with memory loss
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
United Therapeutics Corp.'s new $110 million “Designated Pathogen-Free” facility is completed in Stewartville’s Schumann Business Park and ready to start raising gene-edited pigs to provide transplant organs for humans.
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Stewartville's xenotransplant pig facility is ready for animals
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New, from me: Mayo Clinic in Rochester will pay an employee $50K as the result of an EEOC lawsuit settlement (pending the judge's approval). The employee alleged that Mayo discriminated against him when it denied his religious exemption from Mayo's 2021 COVID-19 employee vaccine requirement.
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Mayo Clinic, EEOC seek closure in employee's vaccine religious exemption case
Representatives for both parties filed a consent decree on Monday, Aug. 31, aiming to close a discrimination case involving Mayo Clinic's 2021 COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Representatives for both parties filed a consent decree on Monday, Aug. 31, aiming to close a discrimination case involving Mayo Clinic's 2021 COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
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Mayo Clinic, EEOC seek closure in employee's vaccine religious exemption case
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A food-as-medicine demonstration was the latest monthly activity for the Rochester Art Center's SPARK! Memory Program, which debuted earlier this year. The big idea: give people with dementia and their caregivers an opportunity to learn, observe, create and share with others.
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A new Rochester program leans into art, the senses for those with memory loss
The Rochester Art Center is one of the latest venues for the national SPARK! program for people with memory loss and their caregivers.
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Abby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A year after Israeli strikes killed journalists at a hospital - including Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who worked for @apnews.com and others - no one has been held accountable Via Sam Mednick: apnews.com/article/isra...
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A year after Israeli strikes killed journalists at a hospital, no one has been held accountable
A year after Israeli strikes on a Gaza hospital killed 22 Palestinians, there are still major questions about the rationale for the attack.
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Elizabeth Shockman @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“The risk that we have right now in our country &in the Twin Cities specifically because of the things that have happened here in the last several years is that the helpers are tired and they also need help. We have to pay attention to the burnout of our teachers.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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'Unimaginably difficult': How Annunciation is rebuilding sense of safety at school after tragedy
School staff at Annunciation have spent the past year working to meet the needs of their students and their community. They say mental health support has been critical to healing.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited #RochesterMinnesota today to announce the development of the National Autism Missing and Endangered Person Alert Initiative. The initiative, with DOJ and FEMA, aims to strengthen local law enforcement responses when a child/adult with autism goes missing.
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In Rochester, HHS Secretary Kennedy announces national safety initiative for autistic kids, adults
Federal officials made the announcement in Rochester after learning about local law enforcement's success in responding to missing persons cases involving adults and children with autism.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Now: Awaiting a press conference with HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. here in Rochester, Minnesota. Won’t be live-posting but watch for a @postbulletin.bsky.social story here later today.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A majority of Olmsted County residents are in favor of restricting sales of flavored tobacco products, according to a recent poll. My latest here:
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Poll shows majority of Olmsted County residents favor restriction on flavored tobacco
The poll, commissioned by the Love Your Lungs Olmsted campaign, asked respondents to weigh in on preventing youth tobacco use and their stance on a flavored tobacco sales prohibition.
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The health system's new chief information officer joined the institution in May.
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Mayo Clinic hires Honeywell Aerospace alumnus as new CIO
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"We will be spending even more time with families, reinforcing that these are safe and healthy vaccines for kids." I spoke to Minnesota vaccination experts about last week's executive order — which, among other things, advocates for the MMR vaccine to be split into single-disease shots.
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Last week's executive order on vaccines unlikely to change current practices, Minnesota experts say
Minnesota law still requires that children be vaccinated against certain diseases before enrolling in school or child care.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If the criticism is "why don't journalists write about X?" the answers usually are: -a word count limit of 600 or less -a publishing quota deterring longer stories -an editor shot down the pitch or cut that detail or angle -a beat reporter was laid off -freelance rates of $250 to $350
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This week, first-year students in the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine began their elective on street medicine, in which they learn how to care for unhoused patients out on the street, in a shelter or in other non-clinical settings. "We are working with an under-resourced population."
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Mayo Clinic's street medicine students consider resources, flexibility in meeting unhoused patients' needs
Now in its sixth year, the street medicine mini-elective for first-year medical students began with a discussion on the lived experience of homelessness.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 04/08/2026
The red van hands out food, water, clothes, first aid and free HIV tests. Locals recognize it across the Twin Cities. But the van, and everything inside it, is funded by federal grant money that has been suddenly revoked. bit.ly/4gbcGBn
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.”
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Chipotle Pulled Jalapeños Tied to Minnesota Salmonella Cases
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Mayo Clinic has asked a judge to dismiss a former employee's lawsuit, saying that the plaintiff's allegations "are vague generalizations and unsupported accusations." The lawsuit alleges Mayo retaliated against a research operations director after she reported #AI compliance concerns.
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Mayo Clinic seeks to dismiss former employee's retaliation lawsuit
In a 33-page memorandum, lawyers for Mayo Clinic argued that Traci Tamiko Eto's allegations "are vague generalizations" and denied that Eto's claims are true.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Yes, I will local-angle outer space and you can't stop me 🫵 Mayo Clinic's Dr. Sheyna Gifford (at left, on a parabolic flight) wanted to see if X-ray scans would work in space. Her team got a portable X-ray machine aboard a 2025 SpaceX flight, and those astronauts took the first X-rays in space.
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A Rochester doctor helped humanity achieve a space milestone: the first X-rays in orbit
Dr. Sheyna Gifford said her team's research — to see if X-rays can be successfully produced in spaceflight — could have an impact on Earth as well as future space missions.
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Dana Ferguson @bydanaferguson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Federal judge halts Minnesota law meant to bar prediction markets within state www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Federal judge halts Minnesota law meant to bar prediction markets within state
Minnesota’s law barring prediction markets has been put on hold while a lawsuit plays out. A judge sided with a federal regulatory board and companies that facilitate trades that resemble gambling wag...
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Post Bulletin is looking for Rochester-area residents who have participated in at least one clinical trial or study. If that's you, reach out to reporter Dené K. Dryden by emailing her at ddryden@postbulletin.com.
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Anna Kaminski @anna-writes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I followed a Topeka mom's medical debt case for months. Here's what I found out: kansasreflector.com/2026/07/14/a...
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A Kansas hospital garnished wages of patients who qualified for free care. Then they fought back. • Kansas Reflector
A Kansas hospital and sheriff's office say they are reevaluating their compliance with state and federal law after 11 patients challenged medical debt lawsuits.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/07/2026
NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally. n.pr/4w1lkb8
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Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care
NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
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Post Bulletin @postbulletin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Precure Research initiative will first focus on brain, heart, kidney, liver and lung diseases.
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Mayo Clinic launches research initiative with goal of disease prevention, early cures
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Minnesota's latest figures for adverse health events in hospitals — think falls, med errors, serious bed sores — are improving slightly, but are still high compared to the pre-pandemic (2016-2020) totals.
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In Minnesota's hospitals, adverse health events continue to decline, per MDH's latest report
Hospitals and surgical centers are required to report certain events, such as falls and medication errors, to the state. Overall, these events decreased in 2025, but deaths from these events rose.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New from me: An ex-Mayo Clinic employee is suing the health system, alleging retaliation. The plaintiff, hired as a research operations director in late 2023, flagged several #AI research compliance issues, per the lawsuit. Her position was terminated while she was on FMLA leave.
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Lawsuit alleges Mayo Clinic retaliated against employee after she flagged AI compliance issues
Mayo Clinic's former director of research operations is suing the health system, alleging that she was pushed out of her role after she reported issues with multiple AI research projects.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I'm back in the newsroom after some time off. Here's my OOO story roundup: Mayo Clinic Health System closed six rural clinics in late 2025. The move left two southern #Minnesota communities without a primary care provider. I wanted to know what #ruralhealthcare delivery looks in those towns now.
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Months after Mayo Clinic left, some rural towns adjust to a 'completely different health continuum'
Mayo Clinic Health System closed six outpatient clinics in late 2025. The move left two communities, Caledonia and Montgomery, without a primary care provider.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Just want to share some of the fab photos Maya Giron captured for this story on Saturday. They make me want to go back to the beach next weekend!
Three people gather around an outdoor picnic table.From behind, two people in kayaks paddle on a lake.With tall trees in the background, a group of people stand and listen to an out-of-frame speaker.A woman, her body facing away from the camera but her face in profile, uses yellow paddles to propel her orange kayak on a lake.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Beth Lortz, an Iowa woman who describes herself as a stage 4 ovarian #cancer thriver, shared her story at today's Global Cancer Consortium conference at the Hormel Institute in Austin, Minn. Organizers said they intentionally included patient voices at this event, geared toward cancer researchers.
A woman with short black hair wearing a blue long-sleeve dress shirt delivers a speech from a beige wooden podium. Behind her are two large potted plants in taupe containers and a beige wooden wall.  On the left side of the image, an audience member's black silhouette is out-of-focus in the foreground.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#OnThisDay June 12 2018: First noticed by @mprnews.org employees, the "MPR Raccoon" causes a worldwide media sensation when it climbs 22 stories up UBS Plaza in downtown St Paul MN. Rescuers capture the animal from the roof the next morning and release it at an undisclosed location.
BBC News photo of the little raccoon halfway up the concrete facade of UBS Plaza.
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Dené K. Dryden @denekdryden.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I love scicomm
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