Essentia in the news: Recapping media coverage for January

As is tradition, the new year kicked off with stories highlighting the first babies born in 2024 across our geographical footprint. Other timely topics included post-holiday respiratory illnesses, recognizing the signs and getting treatment for seasonal affective disorder and Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.

Each month, we share a handful of our favorite Essentia-related stories on the Newsroom. Here are some of the highlights from December; please note that some of these stories require log-in credentials and thus may not be accessible for all.

• Detroit Lakes Tribune: Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes welcomes first baby of 2024 
• Superior Telegram: Hope Haven respite center takes shape in Superior
• Duluth News Tribune: Northlanders seek renewal with midwinter dips in Lake Superior
• KFYR (Bismarck): Colon cancer rates increasing in young people
• KFYR: Dangerous wind chills mean you need to be vigilant for frostbite and hypothermia
• Hometown Focus (Virgina): "I'm awake, I'm aware and clear"
• Hometown Focus: We ask, "What matters to you"
• KX News (Bismarck): KX Conversation: Cervical Cancer Awareness
• WDIO (Duluth): Seasonal Affective Disorder, what are the signs and treatment 
• North Dakota Today on Valley News Live (Fargo-Moorhead): Seasonal Affective Disorder
• KVRR (Fargo-Moorhead): Post-Holiday respiratory illnesses on the rise across the U.S.
• Fargo Forum: Why hundreds of nurses from foreign countries are coming to work in Fargo
• Area Woman (Fargo-Moorhead): Called to Serve: Tamala Anderson (pages 28-29)