Allina Health Physicians Vote to Authorize Strike
July 9, 2026
More than 130 Allina Health hospital physicians represented by Doctors Council SEIU voted last week, by a 90% margin, to authorize a strike after nearly two years of bargaining.
MDH Releases Health Advisory on Monkeypox
May 26, 2022
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has released a health advisory regarding monkeypox, an orthopoxvirus, the same genus as smallpox, variola and vaccinia viruses.
Healthcare providers should consider monkeypox in people with unexplained rash and who have traveled in the last 30 days to a country with a confirmed or suspected case of monkeypox, have had contact with a person with a confirmed or suspected monkeypox, and is a man who reports close or intimate contact with other men.
Call MDH if you suspect monkeypox at 651-201-5414 or 1-877-676-5414.
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