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Edison High School goes remote after COVID exposures

Edison High School goes remote after COVID exposures

Students at Edison High School in northeast Minneapolis will return to remote learning for a few weeks after more than two-thirds of the school population was exposed to COVID-19.
by Brandt Williams

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Minnesota Board of Medical Practice amends medical license questions on mental health

Minnesota Board of Medical Practice amends medical license questions on mental health

Host Tom Crann spoke with Dr. Zeke McKinney, an occupational medicine doctor with Health Partners and president-elect of the Twin Cities Medical Society, about the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice’s move to amend the language on its application for medical licenses.
by Tom Crann

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Is the pandemic keeping you awake? Advice from Minnesota’s leading sleep expert

Is the pandemic keeping you awake? Advice from Minnesota’s leading sleep expert

Sleep is essential to good health. But like so much in our lives, the pandemic has compromised our rest. If you’re feeling sleep-deprived, our expert guest has some advice.
by Angela Davis and Susan Davis

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Lost your vaccine card? Here’s how to prove you’re fully vaccinated

Lost your vaccine card? Here’s how to prove you’re fully vaccinated

More businesses and schools are requiring proof of vaccination for entry or for work. But what if you misplaced or threw away your paper card? You’ve got a few options. But whatever you do, don’t get a fake one off the internet.
by Mary Ellen Ritter

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Modelers predict a steady decline in COVID cases through March

Modelers predict a steady decline in COVID cases through March

Though infections are still sky high, the U.S. may be turning a corner, according to a consortium of researchers who forecast the pandemic. And we may well be spared a winter surge.
by Rob Stein and Carmel Wroth

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Pfizer COVID-19 boosters: What you need to know

Pfizer COVID-19 boosters: What you need to know

People 65 and older and those with underlying health conditions have been approved to get an extra shot of the Pfizer vaccine, as have people in certain jobs, like health care. The booster rollout comes as the highly contagious delta variant spreads across the United States.
by Catharine Richert

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‘It's hard to show up’: New wave of COVID-19 cases frustrates, angers health workers

‘It's hard to show up’: New wave of COVID-19 cases frustrates, angers health workers

As hospitals hit capacity with COVID-19 patients for the second time in the pandemic, health care practitioners are once again facing exhaustion and heartbreak. But this wave has also brought frustration and anger for front-line workers as many of the people they’re treating have refused vaccination.
by Catharine Richert

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COVID-19 in MN: Death toll passes 8K as pandemic grinds into fall

COVID-19 in MN: Death toll passes 8K as pandemic grinds into fall

Minnesota continues to pass sad milestones in the pandemic. On Tuesday, officials reported the state’s death toll from COVID-19 had topped 8,000. The summer surge lingers and now looks frustratingly similar to the mid-April wave.
by MPR News Staff

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J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response

J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response

Johnson & Johnson released data showing that a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose. The study’s results haven’t yet been peer-reviewed.
by The Associated Press

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