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DULUTH — Essentia Health is partnering with Moose Lake’s Mercy Hospital in a move that would expand the Duluth-based provider’s regional footprint and shore up the rural hospital’s finances. “It’s a scary time for small hospitals,” said Dr. Jon Pryor, Essentia’s president of operations in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. “There’s safety in numbers.” Mercy’s …

DULUTH, MN– Here and across the country, more young people are getting sick, even dying because of vaping. The CDC has confirmed 805 cases nationwide of patients with lung injuries associated with e-cigarette use.  12 of them have died, including one person in Minnesota. Friday, a hospital in Duluth educated local health leaders on the …