FARGO – The North Dakota Legislature last January expanded the services pharmacies can provide in the state. Since then, pharmacies have been looking at how they might bring those services to their communities. Helping in that effort is North Dakota State University Center for Collaboration ...
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) is raising awareness about lead exposure and ways North Dakotans can protect children from lead poisoning during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Oct. 25-31. Lead exposure is preventable, but it can occur in places families may not expect. Young children are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of lead exposure, which can affect learning, behavior and development, according to HHS. Children younger than 6 are at greatest risk because they are growing rapidly and frequently put their hands and other objects in their ...
On Nov. 5, the Minot State University Native American Club will host speaker Dr. Ramona Klein in recognition of Native American Heritage Month. Klein will share her personal experiences as a survivor of the Fort Totten Boarding School and discuss the lasting impact boarding schools have had on Indigenous communities, according to the club. There will be a campus event at 11 a.m. for students, staff and faculty and a community event, free and open to the public, at 6 p.m. Both sessions will take place in the Hartnett Hall Collaboration Space. “I wanted everyone to get a chance to ...
