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Minnesota college students in a recent classroom exercise bargained over outstanding issues in the recent dispute between Minneapolis-based Allina Health and its nurses, resolving the matter in 30 minutes, according to a Star Tribune report.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System plans to hire more than 1,500 physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses and support staff as part of its new nationwide recruitment effort.

As Allina Health nurses enter their second week on strike, it remains to be seen whether the workers' dispute with the Minneapolis-based health system will be resolved anytime soon, according to a Star Tribune report.

Nurses at Essentia hospitals in Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis., ratified a new three-year contract Sept. 8, according to a Workday Minnesota report.

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Johns Hopkins University & Health System in Baltimore offered residents home-buying grants worth $36,000 to help employees purchase homes through its Live Near Your Work program, according to the system's website.

Work-related hearing loss is the most common U.S. workplace injury with approximately 22 million of the nation's workers exposed annually to hazardous occupational noise, according to the CDC.

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