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With kids in school, demand for COVID-19 testing jumps

With kids in school, demand for COVID-19 testing jumps

Kids across Minnesota are heading back to school in the midst of rising COVID-19 cases. Demand for testing is increasing, too, causing the state and health care providers to expand testing options just months after they started to wind them down. 
by Catharine Richert

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Research: Black women at higher risk for preterm births during heat waves than white women

Research: Black women at higher risk for preterm births during heat waves than white women

University of Minnesota researchers found that college-educated Black women appeared more susceptible to health risks after heat wave exposure. They were 1.27 times more likely to experience premature labor and birth than white women without a college education. 
by Sarah Gelbard

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EU takes U.S. off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions

EU takes U.S. off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions

The decision by the European Council to remove the U.S. from a safe list of countries for nonessential travel reverses its advice in June, when the bloc recommended lifting restrictions on U.S. travelers before the summer tourism season.
by The Associated Press

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Fading beacon: Why America is losing international students

Fading beacon: Why America is losing international students

Colleges and universities in the United States attract more than a million international students a year. Higher education is one of America’s top service exports, generating $42 billion in revenue. But the money spigot is closing. The pandemic, visa restrictions, rising tuition and a perception of poor safety in America have driven new international student enrollment down by a jaw-dropping 72 percent.

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Hospitals hit with COVID spike just as staff and beds grow scarce

Hospitals hit with COVID spike just as staff and beds grow scarce

Coinciding with a spike in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant, Minnesota hospitals are seeing the number of beds used by patients tick up. Another problem: not enough health care workers on hand.
by Peter Cox

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Louisiana hospitals filled with COVID patients face Hurricane Ida

Louisiana hospitals filled with COVID patients face Hurricane Ida

Ida struck as hospitals and their intensive care units were filled with patients from the fourth surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, sparked by the highly contagious delta variant and low vaccination rates across Louisiana.
by The Associated Press

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Unvaccinated pastor who almost died of COVID now preaches the importance of vaccines

Unvaccinated pastor who almost died of COVID now preaches the importance of vaccines

Pastor Danny Reeves encouraged some members of his congregation to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but thought he didn't need to get vaccinated himself. That changed after COVID-19 almost killed him.
by Nina Kravinsky

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