Medical

ST. PAUL – Before a patient rolls into the operating room for surgery, the sterile instruments arrive on a tray covered in a spongy blue plastic known as "blue wrap." Hospitals go through tons of the plastic fabric every year, and up until a few years ago, all of it ended up in...

The father of the man seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident early Wednesday said his son is doing "remarkably well" and that he "seems completely normal as far as his personality, the way he's talking to us." "Obviously it looks good compared to what we expected," said Dan...

DULUTH, Minn. -- A jury awarded more than $1.25 million to a family whose 21-month-old son was misdiagnosed by a Hibbing doctor and died. The St. Louis County jury deliberated about 3½ hours Monday night to decide Dr. Kevin Krause was negligent in his treatment of Andrew Morrow,...

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FARGO - Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota today will name a new top executive to head the state's largest private health insurer. Dennis Elbert, chairman of the board, will name the Blues' new chief executive officer at a press conference at 2 p.m. The board dismissed the previous...

Craig Broeder, the founder of Bicycling for Ovarian Cancer Organization, is making his way through North Dakota as he continues on a 9,000-mile trek around the perimeter of the continental United States. The goal of the journey is to get at least 1 million people to donate a dollar...

FARGO - Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has launched a nationwide search for a new president and chief executive officer. The BCBS board of directors will interview finalists for the job by the end of June, according to a news release Wednesday. The company expects to announce...