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A nurse on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center was the first in Minnesota to receive a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.

Nurses on the front lines are thanking Minnesotans for following through with social distancing guidelines, but asking not to stop.

School officials hope that a new nursing program in southeast Minnesota will help lessen the nursing shortage in rural areas.

The University of Minnesota's School of Nursing is using a $2.1 million grant to expand mental health services to underserved parts of the state.

The union representing about 4,800 nurses at five Allina hospitals in the Twin Cities area has notified the company it will begin a strike on Labor Day.

Nurses have ended their seven-day strike against five Allina Health hospitals as expected, but there was little apparent progress toward a new contract for the 4,800 union members.

Around 80 area high school and middle school students are receiving first hand experience working in the healthcare profession this week. The first-ever Scrubs Camp in St. Cloud is providing students entering grades 6-12, an opportunity to explore the many careers within the medical field.

Union leaders representing about 5,000 nurses in the Twin Cities predict members will reject the latest contract offer from Allina Health, setting the stage for a strike at four hospitals.

Medical and legal partnerships serving low-income people are becoming more commonplace in Minnesota, as some health care clinics are adding on-site attorneys to their teams of doctors and nurses to provide free legal advice.

A long-awaited study on nurse staffing levels at Minnesota hospitals has prompted fresh division between nurses and their employers.