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'We are in a crisis': Fargo hospital slammed with COVID cases

'We are in a crisis': Fargo hospital slammed with COVID cases

Sanford Health in Fargo-Moorhead is scaling back surgeries in response to demand for COVID-19 care. Patients with and without the virus are straining the system’s hospital beds.
by Catharine Richert

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COVID-19 cases climbing, wiping out months of progress

COVID-19 cases climbing, wiping out months of progress

COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to where they were over the winter, wiping out months of progress and potentially bolstering President Joe Biden’s argument for sweeping new vaccination requirements.
by The Associated Press

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Census: Relief payments staved off hardship in COVID crash

Census: Relief payments staved off hardship in COVID crash

The share of Americans living in poverty rose slightly as the COVID-19 pandemic shook the economy last year, but massive relief payments pumped out by Congress eased hardship for many, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
by The Associated Press

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FDA experts among group opposing U.S. booster shot plan

FDA experts among group opposing U.S. booster shot plan

The average person doesn’t need a COVID-19 booster yet, an international group of scientists — including two top U.S. regulators — wrote Monday in a scientific journal.
by The Associated Press

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What we know about breakthrough infections and long COVID

What we know about breakthrough infections and long COVID

As the delta variant causes more vaccinated people to get "breakthrough infections," concerns are rising that even the vaccinated could develop long COVID-19 symptoms in rare cases.
by Rob Stein

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Minnesota man starts 200-mile walk to support fellow firefighters

Minnesota man starts 200-mile walk to support fellow firefighters

A Minnesota firefighter started a 200-mile walk on Sunday to raise awareness of health challenges faced by fellow firefighters. Doug Foote, a firefighter in Chanhassen, is making the journey while wearing his firefighting gear.
by Hannah Yang

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I got a 'mild' breakthrough case. Here's what I wish I'd known

I got a 'mild' breakthrough case. Here's what I wish I'd known

After a year and a half of being COVID-cautious, a fully vaccinated health journalist thought he could finally travel and socialize this summer. The resulting illness didn't feel "mild" at all.
by Will Stone

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