February 13, 2025
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Lead Poisoning Prevention Program has released the 2025 revisions of the Childhood Blood Lead Treatment Guidelines for Minnesota and its Childhood Blood Lead Case Management Guidelines for Minnesota.
These treatment and case management guidelines were revised based on feedback from a multi-disciplinary workgroup consisting of healthcare and public health professionals, professional healthcare associations, and other relevant partners.
MMA Member Maria Starchook-Moore, MD, MPH served on the workgroup that revised the guidelines. At its December 2024 meeting, the MMA Board of Trustees voted to endorse and support the updated Childhood Blood Lead Treatment Guidelines and Childhood Blood Lead Case Management Guidelines for Minnesota.
Small updates were also made to the Childhood Blood Lead Screening Guidelines for Minnesota. These newly revised guidelines, and all other blood lead guidelines, are available at MDH Blood Lead Level Guidelines.
August 28, 2025
The apparent removal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Susan Monarez, PhD, after just weeks on the job, further imperils the work of the CDC and the health of Americans. Her removal was followed by the resignations of other senior leaders at the CDC, who have accused HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of undermining scientific recommendations for vaccines.
August 26, 2025
University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham, MD, will speak at the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Learning & Connection event on Friday, September 26, from 4 to 9 pm, at the historic Hewing Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.
August 26, 2025
America's physicians are seeing a rise in misinformation and disinformation from patients these days, and it’s impacting patient care, according to a new study from the Physicians Foundation.