Susan Monarez’s 28-day tenure as the nation’s top public-health official was doomed from the start. Her boss, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wanted her to do two things: champion his dubious anti-vaccine agenda and uphold “gold-standard science” at the Centers for … Continued
BOOZY BOOK FAIR: Second annual event features local authors, games and brews, presented by Valley Bookseller and Literature Lover’s Night Out. Free. 2 p.m. Sept. 21, River Siren Brewing Co., 225 Main St., Stillwater. KARLEIGH FRISBIE BROGAN: Discusses “Holding: A … Continued
This week in Skywatch I want you to go sky high to dig for some of the great visual treasures waiting for your eyes. And now that it gets darker a lot sooner in the evening, it’s easier to get … Continued
The morning of the second annual Funniest Person in St. Paul contest finals on Sept. 2, Jethro Trogo was in the emergency room. He was having chest pains he was concerned were signs of a heart attack, which — fortunately! … Continued
The report of a 33-year-old missing from St. Paul seemed just that at first — until an investigator saw surveillance video from outside her apartment. Laurie Finnegan, then a St. Paul police sergeant, watched the footage that showed Mani Starren … Continued
For doctors and patients, the Holy Grail of medicine would be a simple blood or saliva test to detect all types of cancer before symptoms or sickness appears. Doctors could screen and treat patients earlier in the course of disease. … Continued