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Overdose deaths rose during the war on drugs, but efforts to reduce them face backlash

Overdose deaths rose during the war on drugs, but efforts to reduce them face backlash

Some policymakers are reluctant to allow public health measures to reduce the risks of overdose and disease among drug users. Said one harm-reduction advocate: “I guess we have to decide, as a community and as a society, is it OK to just let people who use drugs die? Is that really something we're comfortable with?"
by Brian Mann

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Hot weather fuels early algae blooms on Minnesota lakes

Hot weather fuels early algae blooms on Minnesota lakes

Blue-green algae typically doesn’t make its unsightly appearance on Minnesota lakes until August. But this summer has been anything but typical.
by Kirsti Marohn

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U.S.-Canada border restrictions extended until July 21

U.S.-Canada border restrictions extended until July 21

The border between Canada and the U.S. remains closed to all nonessential travel. The restrictions were announced in March 2020 in the early months of the pandemic and have been extended every month since.
by The Associated Press

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Author Lionel Shriver on her new book, ‘Should We Stay or Should We Go’

Author Lionel Shriver on her new book, ‘Should We Stay or Should We Go’

Is it better for life to end before it decays into something unrecognizable? That’s the question at the heart of Lionel Shriver’s new novel, which touches on themes of dementia, aging and how to die with dignity — but in a surprisingly playful way.
by Kerri Miller, Kelly Gordon and Marcheta Fornoff

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Come for the celebration, stay for the vaccine: Juneteenth events offer shots, too

Come for the celebration, stay for the vaccine: Juneteenth events offer shots, too

Twin Cities public health departments, volunteer nurses and community organizations are teaming up to offer COVID-19 vaccines during an array of Juneteenth festivities this weekend. Meanwhile, the state is inching toward its goal of vaccinating 70 percent of Minnesotans 16 and older by July 1.
by Catharine Richert

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AP-NORC poll: Many Americans resuming pre-virus activities

AP-NORC poll: Many Americans resuming pre-virus activities

Many Americans are relaxing precautions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic and resuming everyday activities, even as some worry that coronavirus-related restrictions were hastily lifted, a new poll shows.
by The Associated Press

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Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations fall; pandemic in check

Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations fall; pandemic in check

Minnesota’s most recent COVID-19 numbers continue to show a subdued pandemic largely in retreat. Key metrics remain down at levels not seen since April 2020. Hospitalizations and ICU needs are receding rapidly.
by MPR News Staff

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Unpaid caregivers were already struggling. It's only gotten worse during the pandemic

Unpaid caregivers were already struggling. It's only gotten worse during the pandemic

A new CDC study finds that people who provide unpaid care for their children or adult loved ones are twice as likely as noncaregivers to have experienced depression or anxiety, or thoughts of suicide.
by Rhitu Chatterjee

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