AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoBlood Supply: Grand Forks’ Dak Minn Blood Bank aims to hold 60 to 80 drives a year, but donations slow during summer, winter holidays and respiratory season even as hospitals still need blood. Health Oversight: A state audit flagged millions of dollars in questionable Health and Human Services payments and other oversight problems; a separate audit found thousands of households missed summer grocery aid. Food and Prevention: North Dakota’s new SNAP purchase restrictions begin Nov. 1, while a report puts teen vaping at 15% in the state’s high schools. Access to Care: Bis-Man Transit plans to stop billing Medicaid for rides Nov. 15. In other developments, Essentia broke ground on a family medicine clinic in Horace, and state leaders celebrated the opening of a new North Dakota State Laboratory.
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