President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is “doing very well” after testing positive for the coronavirus. Trump says he spoke with Giuliani on Monday and that he had “no temperature.”
China's trade surplus hit a record in November as exports to the U.S. soared by 46 percent. U.S. exports to China are also growing, but not as quickly.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky is an infectious disease expert and teaches at Harvard Medical School. She will replace Robert Redfield, the current director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Mondays we discuss the latest science on COVID-19. This week the University of Minnesota’s Michael Osterholm addressed recent vaccine news and the coronavirus task force.
As a year marked by coronavirus nears an end, millions of Americans are depending on food banks to stave off hunger. Feeding America, the nation's largest anti-hunger organization, has distributed 4.2 billion meals in an eight-month period. That's an unprecedented pace in the group's history.
Black and Latino child care providers have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic in an industry that has long relied on providers of color. Facing skyrocketing operating costs, reduced capacities and limited federal support, Black and Latino-owned child care centers across the country are at a higher risk for closing permanently.
The pandemic put a spotlight on health care workers and inspired many to pursue a career in medicine. The record number of applicants comes as the U.S. faces a projected shortage of physicians.
Also on the list is "I can't breathe," the plea George Floyd made repeatedly to police officers holding him down on a Minneapolis street corner. Several quotes from the presidential campaign appear including Joe Biden telling a student: "You're a lying dog-faced pony soldier."
From quarantining to vaccine news to evidence of a potential Thanksgiving surge, the coming days may be crucial in charting Minnesota’s path ahead in the pandemic.
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