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Got questions about Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine? We have answers
The third COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in the U.S. requires one shot instead of two, and works a slightly different way from the others. Here's what we know about its safety and effectiveness.
By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T COVID relief bill
Democrats have made eleventh-hour changes in the measure aimed at ensuring they can pull President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority through the precariously divided chamber. They hope for Senate approval of the package before next week.
Marriage and divorce during the pandemic
During the pandemic, married couples have struggled to find balance between work, parenting and other responsibilities. Some marriages have ended in divorce. But the pandemic has brought other couples closer together.
U.S. traffic deaths spike even as pandemic cuts miles traveled
Pandemic lockdowns and stay-at-home orders kept many drivers off U.S. roads and highways last year. But those who did venture out found open lanes that only invited reckless driving, leading to a sharp increase in traffic-crash deaths across the country.
COVID reflections: How one rural hospital has been managing in the pandemic
On Morning Edition, we’re checking back in with some of the people we talked to in the early days of the pandemic, to find out how things are going now. One of those people is Rick Breuer, the CEO of Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet.
March 4 update on COVID-19 in MN: Vaccination pace accelerates; disease data steady
After months of grim COVID-19 milestones, Minnesota reached a bright one Thursday: The number of Minnesotans now completely vaccinated is greater than the total count of known COVID-19 cases in the entire pandemic.
'Vaccine hunters': Online community helps people find COVID vaccine appointments
Members of a Facebook group called Minneapolis Vaccine Hunters help people across Minnesota find and sign up for vaccination appointments each day. Since it launched Feb. 1, the group has grown to more than 20,000 members.
Art Hounds: Three ways artists support each other
As we approach the one-year anniversary of performance spaces going dark under the coronavirus pandemic, Art Hounds this week recommend three different spaces — two virtual, one physical — where performers, songwriters and visual artists can come together.