Minnesota Department of Health

Starting in 1947, thousands of young families have lived on four Southeast Minneapolis city blocks, in housing provided by the University of Minnesota. But it wasn’t until last year that anyone raised the alarm that the land many of those families have called home appears to be a toxic waste dump.

The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating six cases of E.coli linked to eating raw Nestle Toll House cookie dough. The affected individuals range in age from 5 to 18 and became sick between May 3 and June 11. All have since recovered. Nationwide the tainted cookie dough is suspected in 66 cases of E.coli [...]

Minnesota’s one confirmed case of the new flu is sending investigators looking in “concentric circles” for other people who may have the infection, according to state Health Commissioner Dr. Sanne Magnan.

No need to panic yet. The Minnesota Department of Health has yet to identify any cases of swine flu in the state. MDH’s public health laboratory has so far tested 30 specimens from people who displayed symptoms associated with the virus, but all have come up negative. According to the agency, there are 50 to [...]