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A look inside the 1st official 'safe injection sites' in U.S.

A look inside the 1st official 'safe injection sites' in U.S.

Two modest rooms in New York City are the first places in the United States where local officials are allowing illicit drug use to make it less deadly. Supporters see them as humane responses to a national surge in overdose deaths. Critics see them as illegal and defeatist. 
by The Associated Press

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The quality, cost and future of long-term care in Minnesota 

The quality, cost and future of long-term care in Minnesota 

COVID-19 hit nursing homes hard at the beginning of the pandemic and now many of them can’t find enough workers to care for vulnerable older adults. Host Angela Davis talked about the cost, quality and future of long-term care in Minnesota.
by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Sarah Gelbard

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Long-term care complaints rise during pandemic

Long-term care complaints rise during pandemic

The state ombudsman for long-term care says widespread labor shortages in the industry can lead to abuse and neglect.
by Catharine Richert

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As U.S. COVID deaths near 1 million, advocates press for a memorial day

As U.S. COVID deaths near 1 million, advocates press for a memorial day

Millions of people in the U.S. have lost someone they love to COVID-19, and advocates hope to have those losses marked each year on the first Monday in March.
by Tamara Keith

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As COVID cases plummet, students take off their masks

As COVID cases plummet, students take off their masks

Rochester Public Schools is the latest district to relax its masking requirements, making them mandatory only under specific circumstances. For one family, choosing to mask now is a matter of individual choice.
by Catharine Richert

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Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Winter surge receding rapidly

Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Winter surge receding rapidly

Minnesota’s pandemic path continues to brighten, with fewer than 400 COVID patients in the hospital now and known, active cases trending near a seven-month low.
by MPR News Staff

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You can order free COVID tests from the government again

You can order free COVID tests from the government again

More than half of U.S. households have ordered at-home tests for COVID-19 tests to be shipped to their homes. Now they can get more.
by Tamara Keith

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Osterholm: A blueprint on moving to the 'next normal' in pandemic

Osterholm: A blueprint on moving to the 'next normal' in pandemic

A bipartisan group of scientists and health and policy experts calling themselves the COVID roadmap group are releasing a blueprint Monday on how we could move into what they call “the next normal.” A member of that group is Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
by Cathy Wurzer

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