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What you can expect when vaccines become available for kids under 5

What you can expect when vaccines become available for kids under 5

Parents of children under 5 have to wait a little bit longer before COVID vaccines are available. In the meantime pediatricians are still working to increase vaccinations in the 5-11 age group.
by Wynne Davis

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Sending the right message about the omicron variant is tricky

Sending the right message about the omicron variant is tricky

Scientists may not know for a couple weeks yet how risky the new coronavirus variant will be to public health. But getting out front now about what is known helps dispel misinformation, they say.
by Selena Simmons-Duffin

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Biden's new winter COVID plan will reimburse you for at-home tests

Biden's new winter COVID plan will reimburse you for at-home tests

Among his new steps to fight COVID-19 surges this winter: requiring private health insurers to reimburse people for at-home tests. It also calls for more people to get vaccines and boosters.
by Tamara Keith

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Biden says HIV/AIDS strategy needs to confront inequity

Biden says HIV/AIDS strategy needs to confront inequity

President Joe Biden has unveiled his new HIV/AIDS strategy to end the more than 40-year-old epidemic, calling for a renewed focus on vulnerable Americans.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota not adding anxiety as condition for medical weed

The Minnesota Department of Health said Wednesday it's not approving anxiety disorders as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana, unlike neighboring North Dakota and three other states.
by The Associated Press

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The mystery of where omicron came from — and why it matters

The mystery of where omicron came from — and why it matters

How did this new strain of the novel coronavirus evolve? Researchers are investigating various possibilities. One leading theory involves ... just one person.
by Nurith Aizenman

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A different kind of COVID vaccine is about ready to roll

A different kind of COVID vaccine is about ready to roll

Protein subunit vaccines work by injecting people with a tiny portion of a virus. In the case of the COVID-19 vaccine, that tiny portion is the spike protein that the coronavirus uses to enter cells.
by Joe Palca

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Latest on COVID in MN: Case surge appears to ebb; hospital needs still high

Latest on COVID in MN: Case surge appears to ebb; hospital needs still high

The newest numbers offer some hope the fall wave has crested. Hospitalizations, however, remain concerning. Minnesota remains “firmly in the grip” of the COVID virus, the state’s health commissioner said Wednesday.
by MPR News Staff

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Deer are catching the COVID-19 virus. What does that mean for humans?

Deer are catching the COVID-19 virus. What does that mean for humans?

Earlier this month, researchers announced that a stunning number of deer in Iowa had been found to be infected with the coronavirus. Jeff Bender, a veterinarian and public health expert, told host Cathy Wurzer more about the findings and what they mean for humans and the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alex Cheng

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