Jason Howland (@JasonHowland)
Jason Howland is a senior communications specialist at Mayo Clinic and a reporter specializing in patient stories and Mayo Clinic Minutes for the Mayo Clinic News Network. A former TV news anchor and reporter for KAAL-TV, the ABC affiliate in Rochester, Minnesota, he has nearly 30 years of broadcast journalism experience. Jason has been with Mayo Clinic since 2008. He is a four-time Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Award winner.
The July Fourth holiday is a time when many people travel or host summer parties. While the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is[...]
Worldwide, 1 in 3 women over age 50 will experience a bone fracture due to osteoporosis, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation. But it's not[...]
Father's Day will be extra-special this year for the Teeples family in La Crosse, Wisconsin. After spending much of his two years in a hospital[...]
Are you over 40 and suddenly feel like your straining to read things right in front of your face? Eye experts at Mayo Clinic say[...]
It's the stereotypical image of an eating disorder: a young, white female who is extremely thin. But as Jason Howland reports in the Mayo Clinic[...]
Sitting behind a computer screen all day can strain your eyes, but do glasses that claim to block blue light really help? Dr. Muriel Schornack,[...]
Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and the leading cause of disability in the U.S., according to the American Stroke Association. May is[...]
More than 35% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated for COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And for anyone[...]
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. By the time lung cancer[...]
Anyone 16 and older is now approved to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but researchers hope to open up vaccinations for those under 16 soon. Clinical[...]
Some people might associate scoliosis as a spinal condition that only happens in children. But as reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute,[...]
It's a genetic heart disease that occurs in 1 in 500 people, and in some cases, you might not even be aware that you have[...]