Mayo Clinic's proton beam breast cancer therapy program gets $100M donation
The Andersen Foundation, founded by the window company's founder, is donating $100 million to the Mayo Clinic proton beam therapy program.
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The Andersen Foundation, founded by the window company's founder, is donating $100 million to the Mayo Clinic proton beam therapy program.
A big donation is bringing hope to people fighting cancer.
A southeastern Minnesota hospital is once again getting national recognition.
There aren't many places in our state where you can hop on a "trolley" and see the sites. But in Rochester, you can do exactly that.
Experts are investigating multiple theories as to why a mysterious case of severe hepatitis is affecting clusters of children across the world.
Mayo Clinic's COVID modeling team predicts Minnesota is reaching the peak of Omicron cases.
A study from the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has found that cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy and certain other treatments may have an "inadequate" immune response to COVID-19 vaccination.
Dr. Curtis Storlie says the hope is that the more-contagious Omicron virus is the beginning state of COVID-19 becoming endemic, and that future surges would cause fewer hospitalizations.
Mayo Clinic now confirms it fired 700 employees Tuesday who did not comply with its policy to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Monday.
Booster shots offer more protection against omicron, which means a positive case will likely lead to no symptoms or symptoms that are mild.
No one wants to be told that they have cancer. But the sooner you know, the sooner you can get live-saving treatment.
A Twin Cities father fighting cancer pledged to make it easier for hospital patients in the middle of their own health struggles. WCCO is sharing the heartbreak and the hope leading some of the sick at Mayo Clinic to Healing Flats.
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester has announced Thursday that it will be reinstitute visitor policy restrictions next week in response to the continued spread of COVID-19's Delta variant.
Heather Brown talks COVID-19 expert Dr. Greg Poland from the Mayo Clinic to learn more about the culprit behind rising cases in Minnesota and across the U.S.
The Rochester-based medical system said the "vast majority" of its employees are already vaccinated. But it said all employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or complete an opt-out process by Sept. 17.
The rankings were determined by hospital service in 15 areas of "complex specialty care," along with 17 bellwether procedures.
The Minnesota Department of Health say 99% of new cases in Minnesota are in unvaccinated people, and 75% of those new cases are the Delta variant.
More than a million kids receive ear tubes each year. It's one of the most common pediatric procedures, despite the cost and need for general anesthesia -- but that's changing.
The pandemic put many of us in front of screens like never before. Now, health experts are sending a warning about the damage all of that device time can do to us and our kids.
A Minnesota man who nearly lost his life to COVID-19 has spent eight long months fighting back.
Pfizer and Moderna have enrolled children 12 years and up in their pediatric trials for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Google will be opening its first office in Minnesota in downtown Rochester in a partnership with Mayo Clinic.
Of the nearly 8,000 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and were treated at Mayo Clinic from March 1 to July 31, 897 were hospitalized, 354 in the ICU.
Jennifer Mayerle talked with health care providers about where they're at in vaccine distribution, and why numbers don't tell the whole story
In 10 months, Mayo Clinic's intensive care unit has cared for hundreds of patients with COVID-19. A team of nurses has been at their side as they've struggled to breathe and for every positive and, too often, tragic turn in their hospital stays.
