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Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Hospital needs fall, viral spread recedes
Minnesota’s path out of the pandemic continues to brighten, with just over 300 COVID-19 patients in the hospital now and known, active cases trending at a seven-month low. The fall-winter surge appears to be mostly over.
U.S. extends mask rule for travel while weighing new approach
The mask mandate was scheduled to expire March 18, but the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that it will extend the requirement through April 18. 
Therapy dogs can help relieve pain in the ER
They have offered comfort at nursing homes, schools — even disaster sites. Now, a study shows that a 10-minute visit from therapy dogs can help relieve emergency room patients' pain.
Boyd Huppert on his journey with cancer and reflections on life
Boyd Huppert is one of Minnesota's most accomplished and beloved broadcast journalists who is battling multiple myeloma. Host Cathy Wurzer checked in with Huppert as he starts the process of a bone marrow transplant.
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth end masking orders for city buildings
Officials in the three cities said they dropped the masking orders based on the state’s rapidly falling COVID numbers as well as guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Americans are stuck in unhealthy pandemic habits. Here's how to reboot
After two years of pandemic life, people have learned to cope in ways that have become stubborn, unhealthy habits. But there are positive steps we can take to reset a healthy lifestyle.
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. 
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.