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Feb. 6 update on COVID-19 in MN: Vaccination pace lagging behind previous week

Feb. 6 update on COVID-19 in MN: Vaccination pace lagging behind previous week

After an early-week stumble, Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccination counts have increased for four consecutive days, topping 36,000 in Saturday’s report. But the numbers still aren’t matching levels from last week.
by MPR News Staff

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Analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

Analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

The executions at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, completed in short windows over a few weeks, likely acted as a superspreader event. That's according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.
by The Associated Press

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What do we know about COVID-19 variants?

What do we know about COVID-19 variants?

Minnesota has confirmed cases of both the U.K. and Brazilian COVID-19 variants. Two health experts share what we know about the new variants and how we can limit their growth.
by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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Minnesota hospitals say state's vaccine distribution is at 'untenable crossroads'

Minnesota hospitals say state's vaccine distribution is at 'untenable crossroads'

In a letter to the Minnesota Department of Health, a coalition of Minnesota’s hospitals say the state’s vaccine distribution system is inequitable, leaving some clinics and hospitals without doses to give to older, vulnerable patients.
by Catharine Richert

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COVID patient's case offers surprising clues to origins of coronavirus variants

COVID patient's case offers surprising clues to origins of coronavirus variants

Scientists are looking at a possible link between the coronavirus mutations in the U.K. and South Africa — and those in a patient in Boston who had living, growing virus in his body for five months.
by Michaeleen Doucleff

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Music venue owners, artists reflect on how the pandemic changed their industry

Music venue owners, artists reflect on how the pandemic changed their industry

NPR's Audie Cornish checks in with music venue owners and artists to gauge how they're managing during the pandemic and what funding from the Save Our Stages Act would do for the live music industry.

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NFL offers all 30 stadiums for use as coronavirus vaccine sites

NFL offers all 30 stadiums for use as coronavirus vaccine sites

Each NFL team "will make its stadium available for mass vaccinations of the general public," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter to President Biden.
by Bill Chappell

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