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    June 19, 2018
    Brianna Cassady, a transgender woman, speaks about her gender reassignment surgery at Essentia in Fargo on Monday, June 18, 2018. David Samson / The Forum
    'I am the first': Full gender reassignment surgery believed to be the first in North Dakota
    FARGO — Brianna Cassady said she was 8 or 9 years old, growing up in a small town in Iowa, when she realized that despite her outward appearance...
    newsJune 19, 2018 - 8:48pm
    June 3, 2018
    Kai Roppe, left, and his brother Keaton, get ready to knock knuckles Sunday, June 3, 2018, at the NICU reunion at Essentia Health in Fargo. The twins, who will be 2 years old in a couple of weeks, had spent months in the neonatal intensive care unit, said their mother, Natalie Roppe, right. Kai is held by his grandmother, Jody Wibe. (Helmut Schmidt / Forum News Service)
    A celebration of life: Fargo’s Essentia NICU reunion gives families, staff time to enjoy ‘their miracles’
    FARGO - Miracles are hard to come by, but on Sunday, June 3, a few dozen of them merrily toddled around the lower level atrium of Essentia Health....
    newsJune 3, 2018 - 7:37pm
    May 26, 2018
    Grilling meat at high temperatures can burn or char the outside, and leave the inside undercooked, according to WebMD. Chelsey Perkins / Forum News Service
    Practice safe cooking habits to avoid food poisoning
    BRAINERD, Minn.—Hosting a backyard barbecue during Memorial Day weekend that makes friends and family sick will make sure it's one holiday...
    lifestyle/foodMay 26, 2018 - 10:15am
    May 7, 2018
    From left: UMD students Emily Hartman, Christopher Little and Jubran Jindeel drag for ticks at a farm in Iron River in the summer of 2017. Photo by Ben Clarke.
    Duluth Lyme disease researcher seeks public's input
    DULUTH—Benjamin Clarke's bank doesn't make loans, and it doesn't have a drive-through window. He does want deposits, although he's a bit...
    news/science-and-natureMay 7, 2018 - 7:49pm
    April 27, 2018
    Refinery workers evacuate the area during a series of fires and explosions at the Calumet refinery in Superior, Wis. Thursday, April 26, 2018. Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    Most oil refinery victims treated and released, 1 remains hospitalized
    DULUTH -- Essentia Health said Friday, April 27, that its Duluth and Superior, Wis., hospitals treated a total of 16 victims related to the Husky...
    news/firesApril 27, 2018 - 10:15am
    April 23, 2018
    Annika Perkins suffered for years with digestive problems that defied diagnosis. A test revealed she had Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth. Patrick Springer / The Forum
    North Dakota woman's puzzling digestive problem turned out to be bacterial overgrowth
    FARGO—Annika Perkins always had stomach troubles. It was just something she came to accept as normal for her. They largely receded from her...
    lifestyle/healthApril 23, 2018 - 10:06am
    April 20, 2018
    Report: Health inequities cost Minnesota
    DULUTH — Disparities in health outcomes between Minnesota's "haves" and "have-nots" takes a $2.26 billion yearly toll on the state's economy, contends a leading health insurer. Although the state prides itself in being one of the leaders in national health statistics, people...
    newsApril 20, 2018 - 9:36pm
    April 9, 2018
    Sanford, Essentia recognized for comprehensive stroke care
    FARGO—Sanford Health and Essentia Health have been recognized for providing comprehensive stroke treatment, although by different accreditation...
    business/healthcareApril 9, 2018 - 6:15pm
    March 8, 2018
    Domonique Clayton
    Woman accused of trying to shoot Minnesota trooper outside Moorhead charged with attempted murder
    MOORHEAD, Minn. — A woman accused of trying to shoot a Minnesota State Patrol trooper in the head near Moorhead faces felony charges of...
    newsMarch 8, 2018 - 8:55pm
    March 6, 2018
    Buildings of the Essentia Health campus fill this view of Duluth's Central Hillside as seen from the air earlier this year. (News Tribune file photo)
    Citing a 'personnel matter,' three top executives from Essentia Health leave staff
    Three of the top executives at Essentia Health have left the health system. Jeff Korsmo, Tracy Miland and Bob Brigham "are no longer with Essentia...
    business/healthcareMarch 6, 2018 - 4:59pm
    December 31, 2017
    This methadone clinic in Brainerd, now owned by Valhalla Place, serves about 400 patients facing opioid addiction. Steve Kohls / Forum News Service
    Killer Crisis: Access to addiction medication in rural MN limited
    PINE RIVER, Minn.—When Dr. David Laposky lost his job at Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Clinic here in November, about 150 patients...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 31, 2017 - 7:02am
    December 25, 2017
    Leslie Wolf, right, talks Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, in Wolf's Fargo home with her mother LeAnn Toppen about learning that she inherited from her a gene that predisposes her to ovarian and breast cancer. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    Genetic counselors can guide patients and families about risk for diseases
    FARGO—LeAnn Toppen's trip to the emergency room led quickly to the discovery that she had ovarian cancer. A biopsy confirmed her doctors'...
    newsDecember 25, 2017 - 3:15pm
    close-up of an array of upright syringes
    Essentia requires flu shots for all employees, volunteers
    FARGO—Essentia Health has adopted a new policy requiring its employees to be vaccinated against influenza to protect patients and to help...
    newsOctober 25, 2017 - 8:27pm
    May 9, 2017
    Dr. Fadel Nammour, originally of Lebanon, stands Monday, May 8, 2017, in his south Fargo clinic. He made a three-year commitment in 2002 to work in North Dakota and is now a U.S. citizen. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    Vital visas: ND has nation's highest reliance on foreign doctors with work visas
    FARGO—Dr. Fadel Nammour was warned against coming to North Dakota to begin his career as a gastroenterologist. After attending medical...
    newsMay 9, 2017 - 7:00am
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