Category: Lifestyle & Wellness

  • Urgent Need for Paid Medical Leave Program in Minnesota

    Urgent Need for Paid Medical Leave Program in Minnesota

    Senate PerspectivesUrgent Need for Paid Medical Leave Program in Minnesota By Sen. Sandy Pappas, District 65Throughout the past year, all of us have faced daunting…

  • Life After the Vaccine

    Life After the Vaccine

    West End Healthline By Jonathan Dickman Now that COVID-19 vaccination of adults is in full force, people are daring to dream of a life that resembles…

  • Minnesotans Highlight Need for Care

    Minnesotans Highlight Need for Care

    The Minnesota House passed the paid family and medical leave bill (HF1200) as a part of the omnibus workforce and business development finance and policy bill…

  • Adult Summer Softball Registration Open

    Adult Summer Softball Registration Open

    Municipal Athletics offers slow pitch softball leagues for men, women and co-rec teams, as well as fast pitch softball leagues for men. League games take place…

  • Fitness Center at Palace Park Now Open

    Fitness Center at Palace Park Now Open

    St. Paul’s public fitness centers and walking tracks have reopened, including the facilities in the Palace Park Community Center, which is open M-F 9am-1pm and 5:30pm-8:30pm.…

  • Mall of America Prioritizing High Schoolers for Vaccines

    Mall of America Prioritizing High Schoolers for Vaccines

    Minnesotans ages 16+ are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and high schoolers ages 16 and 17 are now being prioritized in appointments at the Mall.…

  • Register for your vaccine

    Register for your vaccine

    Register on vaccineconnector.mn.gov puts your name on the state’s waiting list for a vaccine, allowing you to be notified as soon as an appointment becomes available…

  • Little Women of Color: Confronting STEM’s Diversity Problem

    Little Women of Color: Confronting STEM’s Diversity Problem

    West End Healthline By Jené Carter, MDWhen I began residing in the U.S. permanently sixteen years ago, I was unpleasantly surprised to discover the disproportionately…

  • Snakes

    Snakes

    BEING WELLErin Brandel Dykhuizen, MA, MSW, LICSWcolumnist There are snakes inside my walls! I wake up some mornings with the thought, wishing it was merely…