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Emergency relief fund created for MN backstage professionals

Emergency relief fund created for MN backstage professionals

The new Theater Emergency Relief Fund aims to help individuals who work in theater or dance production or design by offering grants of $1,200.
by Euan Kerr

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As COVID-19 ravages U.S., shootings, killings are also up

As COVID-19 ravages U.S., shootings, killings are also up

Homicides in Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and other cities have topped 2019 numbers as violence surged while much of the U.S. struggled during the coronavirus pandemic.
by The Associated Press

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Answering questions about vaccine purgatory

Answering questions about vaccine purgatory

The vaccinations are here, but it will take months for them to be fully distributed. Here’s what you need to know about living in the in-between.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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In the ICU and at George Floyd Square, one nurse fights two pandemics

In the ICU and at George Floyd Square, one nurse fights two pandemics

Nurse Jeanette Rupert is hard to keep up with. When she's not treating COVID-19 patients in the ICU, she's dispensing medical care at George Floyd Square, just blocks from where she was born and raised. In the turbulence of 2020, Rupert says she's deepened her appreciation and commitment to her friends, family and community.
by Catharine Richert and Evan Frost

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Why the world is seeing some of its most extreme pandemic lockdowns

Why the world is seeing some of its most extreme pandemic lockdowns

Even as the European Union began vaccine rollouts on Sunday, nations around the globe are instituting severe lockdowns and travel restrictions. Fear of the U.K. variant is a key reason.
by Jason Beaubien

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Dec. 28 update on COVID-19 in MN: 13 deaths; new caseloads easing

Dec. 28 update on COVID-19 in MN: 13 deaths; new caseloads easing

The newest numbers come in the closing week of a year with more than 410,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 5,100 deaths. But as 2021 approaches, there are signs of hope.
by MPR News Staff

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Still disinfecting surfaces? It might not be worth it

Still disinfecting surfaces? It might not be worth it

Early in the pandemic, people were advised to disinfect everything they touched. But now that scientists understand more about how COVID-19 spreads, all that scrubbing down may have been overkill.
by Patti Neighmond

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Fauci: U.S. taking 'intensive' look at variant of coronavirus

Fauci: U.S. taking 'intensive' look at variant of coronavirus

U.S. health officials believe the coronavirus mutation that set off alarms in parts of Britain is no more apt to cause serious illness or be resistant to vaccines than the strain afflicting people in the United States but it still must be taken “very seriously,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
by The Associated Press

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Do-it-yourself contact tracing is a 'last resort' in communities besieged by COVID-19

Do-it-yourself contact tracing is a 'last resort' in communities besieged by COVID-19

The coronavirus is spreading so fast that cases are outpacing the contact-tracing capacities of some local health departments around the U.S. Some have asked people who test positive to do their own contact tracing.
by Brett Dahlberg

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