Health

Health
COVID takes a toll on college students
Almost two years into the pandemic, many college students are once again deferring a return to campus and taking courses online or living with restrictions on campus. Host Angela Davis talks about how the pandemic has impacted college students.
Nursing home worker shortage ripples through communities
Worker shortages in nursing homes are causing ripple effects across communities, putting pressure on long-term care facilities, hospitals and families.
Osterholm: Minnesota caught in ‘viral blizzard'; care systems strained
Health care is in a triage state, and conditions will worsen over the next three to four weeks before leveling off, Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, told MPR News Monday.
‘All hands on deck’: Hospitals report hundreds of staff out with COVID
During the first week of the new year, hundreds of hospital workers around the state called in sick with COVID-19. The waterfall of absences is causing problems for hospital systems that are already stretched too thin.