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Health
St. Paul enacts some of nation’s toughest tobacco restrictions
The city of St. Paul passed sweeping new tobacco restrictions that set a minimum $10 price on a pack of cigarettes and packs of smokeless tobacco. They also ban discounts and coupons for any tobacco products, including vaping liquid. 
Biden's vaccine rules for 100 million workers are here. Here are the details.
Companies with at least 100 employees must ensure their workers get a COVID-19 vaccine or undergo weekly testing. Some 17 million health care workers face a vaccine mandate, with no testing option.
COVID-19 vaccinations for young children begin this week
The rollout comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old. The decision comes at a critical time when many new cases of the virus are cropping up among school-age children. Gov. Tim Walz and state public health leaders are briefing reporters on the state’s plan to vaccinate younger Minnesotans.
COVID-19 vaccine campaign expands to elementary-age children
With authorities promising enough vaccine to protect the nation's 28 million kids ages 5-11, pediatricians' offices, pharmacies, hospitals and schools were poised to begin the shots after the final OK late Tuesday.  Many locations planned mass vaccination events in coming days.