Jeremy Olson
Reporter
A University of St. Thomas graduate, Olson completed fellowships at the Kaiser Family Foundation, Poynter Institute and New York Times. Honors include a Premack Public Affairs award for scrutinizing a schizophrenia drug trial, a SABEW award for uncovering abuses of meatpackers, and a Casey Medal for examining deaths in foster care. His Pulitzer-winning series on child care led to a decline in child deaths. Olson and his family live in Edina.
Latest from Jeremy Olson
Federal funding cuts at University of Minnesota antiviral research center leave researchers scrambling
Researchers were stunned this week by the loss of funding, which supported the search for better antivirals against COVID-19 and other infections.
March 27, 2025
Feds cut $226M in Minnesota aid for COVID public health response
State health commissioner says the unprecedented cuts give Minnesota no time to adjust and assess impact on public health programs.
March 27, 2025
On the cusp of spring migration, Walz urges $4M bird flu defense
Spring bird migration presents a new opportunity for transmission of H5N1 in birds and dairy cows.
March 26, 2025
Minnesota’s first case of measles this year identified during travel to D.C.
Measles vaccinations are declining in Minnesota, but the current case is “rare” illness in a vaccinated individual.
March 25, 2025
University of Minnesota doctors-in-training move to unionize
Residents work long hours for relatively low pay, and are at risk for burnout, but organizing movement aims to change that.
March 24, 2025
Dismissed VA workers get jobs back, are placed on leave
Unions decry inefficiency of firing workers and then putting them on paid leave while court dispute lingers.
March 21, 2025
AG brokers new talks over future of Fairview, Essentia and academic medicine in Minnesota
Keith Ellison hopes the “fresh start” of facilitated negotiations will ease tensions and disputes over the fate of the current M Health Fairview system.
March 19, 2025
Lawmakers, unions decry ‘incompetent’ firings at Minneapolis VA
Even Sens. Klobuchar and Smith have been denied information on how many VA workers lost jobs as part of Trump-era budget cuts.
March 18, 2025
University of Minnesota doctors-in-training move to unionize
Residents work long hours for relatively low pay, and are at risk for burnout, but organizing movement aims to change that.
March 24, 2025
Dismissed VA workers get jobs back, are placed on leave
Unions decry inefficiency of firing workers and then putting them on paid leave while court dispute lingers.
March 21, 2025
AG brokers new talks over future of Fairview, Essentia and academic medicine in Minnesota
Keith Ellison hopes the “fresh start” of facilitated negotiations will ease tensions and disputes over the fate of the current M Health Fairview system.
March 19, 2025
Lawmakers, unions decry ‘incompetent’ firings at Minneapolis VA
Even Sens. Klobuchar and Smith have been denied information on how many VA workers lost jobs as part of Trump-era budget cuts.
March 18, 2025