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For a healthy Minnesota

The Minnesota Department of Health protects, maintains and improves the health of all Minnesotans.
New & Noteworthy
New fish consumption guidelines
Limit your exposure to mercury and PFAS.
Fish Consumption Guidance
Fish Guidance
Guidance for travelers
Take care of yourself and others before, during, and after travel.
Guidance for Travelers
Travel Guidance
Check blood pressure regularly
Talk to your health care provider about your risk and what type of blood pressure monitoring is right for you.
About High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure

How can we help?

Find a facility or provider
Search for health care facilities such as assisted living and home care providers, hospices, nursing homes, supervised living facilities, and others.
Vital records
Order Minnesota birth and death records, certificates, and related services by mail or fax.
Nurse aide registry
Listing of nurse aides who have met Minnesota training and/or testing standards to work in nursing homes and certified boarding care homes.
Find my immunization record
Information and resources for how to access or update your MIIC immunization record.
988 Minnesota Lifeline
The 988 Lifeline provides immediate mental health or emotional support to Minnesota residents.
WIC
A nutrition and breastfeeding program that helps eligible pregnant women, new mothers, babies and young children.
Rabies
A guide for health professionals on wound care from animal bites and rabies risk.
Carbon monoxide
How to protect your family from CO poisoning.
Respiratory statistics
Data and statistics for viral respiratory illness in Minnesota.

Our Impact

26%

Reduction in all overdose deaths.

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Shaping Tomorrow

402

Minnesota newborns identified with a condition through Newborn Screening.

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Making a Difference

4,699

Health care facilities and providers we monitor for safety and quality.

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Featured News & Story

Latest news and stories

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Public Health People
A Place to Heal: The Story of Minnesota Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor laws make sure youth who have been sexually exploited are treated as victims, not criminals.
News Release
New fish consumption guidelines aim to limit exposure to mercury and PFAS
News Release
Be "well" informed about your drinking water Groundwater Awareness Week highlights importance of annual water well testing
News Release
Minnesota’s uninsured rate rises sharply according to latest data
Public Health People
Helping the Helpers: Caregiving and Dementia
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Office of American Indian Health and Tribal Relations
Office of American Indian Health and Tribal Relations

Team Spotlight

The Office of American Indian Health and Tribal Relations was created in 2023 to improve the health and wellbeing of American Indian communities across Minnesota and ensure Tribal and urban American Indian communities are represented in all of Minnesota’s public health initiatives.

About the team

Read our Statewide Health Assessment

Read the report
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