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Three reasons more charities are giving people cash

Three reasons more charities are giving people cash

More charities are coming to the conclusion that giving cash directly to people in need is often the best way to help them.
by Stephan Bisaha (WBHM-FM)

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St. Paul music academy to expand its dementia-friendly chorus

St. Paul music academy to expand its dementia-friendly chorus

With a new grant from the Minnesota Board on Aging, the Walker|West Music Academy hopes to get more people in the Black community talking about Alzheimer’s disease.
by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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Exhausted doctors urge Minnesotans to get vaccinated

Exhausted doctors urge Minnesotans to get vaccinated

With COVID-19 cases numbers still high, hospitals are crowded and health care workers are stressed. Three Twin Cities physicians are fighting the effects of the virus along with misinformation about treatment and prevention of COVID-19.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Raising a gender expansive child

Raising a gender expansive child

Host Angela Davis talks about how to support gender expansive children with teacher Tom Rademacher, who wrote a new book about what he’s learned raising his nonbinary art-nerd kid, a pediatrician who leads a gender health program and a nonbinary young adult who works with nonbinary teens.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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COVID-19 in MN: Hospital needs hit 2021 highs as surge worsens

COVID-19 in MN: Hospital needs hit 2021 highs as surge worsens

Two central Minnesota hospital systems said Friday they’re struggling to find beds for critically ill patients. Separately, new data shows dramatic differences in COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates between vaccinated and unvaccinated Minnesotans.
by Kirsti Marohn and David H. Montgomery

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St. Cloud prison reports spike in COVID-19 cases

St. Cloud prison reports spike in COVID-19 cases

The Minnesota Department of Corrections said it’s taking steps to mitigate the outbreak, including moving intake processing to Faribault.
by Kirsti Marohn

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New clues to the biology of long COVID are starting to emerge

New clues to the biology of long COVID are starting to emerge

Scientists have begun to find abnormalities in the immune systems of some long COVID patients that might help explain the syndrome, at least in some people. But there is still much more to learn.
by Rob Stein

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