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COVID-19 in MN: Hopeful outlook wobbles as cases edge higher

COVID-19 in MN: Hopeful outlook wobbles as cases edge higher

While the disease metrics have flashed signs of hope and worry the past two weeks, Friday’s numbers offered fresh evidence the disease is not retreating quickly.
by MPR News Staff

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Vaccinated seniors navigate life in mostly unvaccinated rural America

Vaccinated seniors navigate life in mostly unvaccinated rural America

Vaccination rates in much of rural America remain low. But there's one demographic with rates consistently higher than the national average: seniors, many of whom remember lining up eagerly as children to get the polio vaccine.
by Kirk Siegler

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G-20 leaders to tackle energy prices, other economic woes

G-20 leaders to tackle energy prices, other economic woes

The presidents and prime ministers representing 80 percent of the global economy will confront a recovery hampered by an energy crunch that's spurring higher fuel and utility prices, new COVID-19 outbreaks and logjams in supply chains. President Joe Biden has said he wants to press other leaders on high oil prices.
by The Associated Press

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Answering your COVID-19 vaccine questions

Answering your COVID-19 vaccine questions

Guest host Stephanie Curtis talks with two doctors about the latest vaccine news including shots for young children and COVID boosters, plus the latest public health guidance to limit the spread of COVID-19. And we get the latest news on the pandemic in Minnesota from MPR News senior reporter Catherine Richert.
by Stephanie Curtis and Samantha Matsumoto

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Biden announces deal, seeks votes: 'Let's get this done'

Biden announces deal, seeks votes: 'Let's get this done'

President Joe Biden says he has reached a “historic” framework with Democrats in Congress on his sweeping, though scaled-back domestic policy plan.
by The Associated Press

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Amy Klobuchar delayed her mammogram. She doesn’t want you to do the same

Amy Klobuchar delayed her mammogram. She doesn’t want you to do the same

The Minnesota senator was treated for breast cancer this year. She has bipartisan legislation that would encourage people to catch up on health screenings, which plummeted during the pandemic.

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State panel deadlocks over how to give away $250 million in hero pay

State panel deadlocks over how to give away $250 million in hero pay

A task force that tried to reach a deal on hero pay for pandemic front-line workers adjourned without reaching a compromise. Instead, two plans for dividing up $250 million will be forwarded to the Legislature.
by Brian Bakst

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