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Target CEO Steinhafel helped nix eating disorder clinic

By Jon Collins | 08.06.10 | 12:31 pm

Earlier this year, an eating disorder clinic called the Emily Program was attempting to open a new facility in an affluent part of Orono, a town of 7,500 people west of Minneapolis. But opposition from some neighbors, as well as…

Flu roundup: Vaccine iffy, pork’s PR lousy, infection hoped-for in Orono

By Chris Steller | 05.04.09 | 12:59 pm

flu-collage-may-4Three new-flu links from Minnesota: A vaccine will take a while to produce, public-health journalist Maryn McKenna writes for the University of Minnesota. The H1N1 novel influenza probably got its start with hogs, a U of M expert told…