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Comic: If history is a guide, schools will start requiring COVID vaccines

Comic: If history is a guide, schools will start requiring COVID vaccines

The first vaccine required for school was for smallpox, over 200 years ago. And for decades, all states have required that kids be vaccinated against contagious diseases like polio to attend school.
by Anya Kamenetz and LA Johnson

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Long-term care industry, facing staffing shortages, on edge over vaccine mandate

Long-term care industry, facing staffing shortages, on edge over vaccine mandate

President Joe Biden’s administration announced this week that all nursing home employees must get the COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 4. Some Minnesota long-term care leaders say they are worried the requirement could cause more staff to quit at a time when there are 23,000 open jobs in the industry.
by Peter Cox

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Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%

The company announced Friday it will soon ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and international regulators to authorize its pill, which is taken twice a day for five days.
by The Associated Press

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Vaccine clinics for younger children expand in Minnesota

Vaccine clinics for younger children expand in Minnesota

At one clinic in the gymnasium of Brooklyn Center Elementary, Gov. Tim Walz said there were more than 11,000 sites in the state where children ages 5 to 11 would be able to get the Pfizer vaccine, recently given emergency approval for use in the age group.
by Elizabeth Shockman and Tim Nelson

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COVID is still crushing parts of the U.S. as the holiday season approaches

COVID is still crushing parts of the U.S. as the holiday season approaches

The U.S. is entering an uneasy stretch of the pandemic. Despite progress, the delta surge is dragging on in certain regions. Can vaccines ward off a big surge over the holidays?
by Will Stone

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Grieving a death during the pandemic

Grieving a death during the pandemic

The pandemic has forced us to grieve differently. MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talks about how mourning rituals are changing and how we’re remembering loved ones who are gone. 
by Chris Farrell and Maja Beckstrom

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