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With mask mandates expiring, businesses bet on their own policies

With mask mandates expiring, businesses bet on their own policies

Mask mandates are going away around the country, so shops and restaurants are developing their own policies based on personal choice and risk tolerance.
by Yuki Noguchi

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CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from masks

CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from masks

U.S. officials say most Americans live in places where healthy people can safely take a break from wearing masks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday outlined a new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip.
by The Associated Press

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Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Surge receding; hospital needs, new cases fall

Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Surge receding; hospital needs, new cases fall

Minnesota’s newest COVID-19 numbers offer more evidence of a pandemic surge in retreat, with fewer than 600 patients in the hospital now and new daily cases trending at a six-month low.
by MPR News Staff

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Meet Virginia, a birth simulator aimed at preserving rural obstetrics

Meet Virginia, a birth simulator aimed at preserving rural obstetrics

Having a baby in rural Minnesota is getting harder. In the last two decades, at least 13 counties lost all labor and delivery services, leaving some women to drive long distances to give birth. But a new birth simulator aims to preserve birth services in remote parts of the state.
by Catharine Richert

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CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday

CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday

The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter.
by The Associated Press

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Mayo Clinic expanding, renovating Mankato campus

Mayo Clinic expanding, renovating Mankato campus

Mayo Clinic Health System is expanding its Mankato hospital by adding three new floors on top of its existing two-story building on the campus.
by Hannah Yang

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Are we ready for COVID-19 as a central theme in literature?

Are we ready for COVID-19 as a central theme in literature?

Reading about plagues or COVID-19 over the last two years was not an entertaining idea for many. But the pandemic has had an impact on literature — and people may be ready for it to enter the canon.
by Gabino Iglesias

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