MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 20 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft served as co-counsel alongside Perkins Coie in achieving a significant court victory for Oxford Community Schools in Michigan and the victims of the tragic 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School. The Oakland County Circuit Court agreed with the position taken by Perkins Coie and Taft regarding the amount of potential insurance coverage available to the district and its employees. The judge ruled on summary d  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 19 -- The Minnesota Department of Health issued the following news release: * * * State health officials urge Minnesotans to dispose of recalled organic carrots * * * Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) officials are warning Minnesota consumers not to eat select organic whole carrots and organic baby carrots due to a multi-state Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O121:H19 outbreak announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administ  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Minnesota School of Public Health issued the following news release: A research network housed at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) will continue its focus on the unique health challenges faced by rural populations, particularly those related to aging. Funded by the National Institute on Aging, the Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging (INRPHA), pools expertise from a range of discipli  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 20 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft is pleased to have acted as legal counsel to Vitality in the strategic acquisition of WellSpark from EmblemHealth. Vitality is a global behavior change platform committed to making people healthier. WellSpark is a leading coaching provider. Through the acquisition, Vitality will integrate WellSpark's coaching solutions, offering Vitality's employer and health plan clients access to a range of new services and  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 20 -- The University of Minnesota School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * The Mni Sota Center for Climate Change and Health (M3CH) will research the impacts of extreme weather and climate events on human health * * * As recent severe weather events have made tragically clear, the effects of climate change pose widespread challenges to communities across the United States, but those negative effects are not evenly distributed. Due to a ran  more