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Nov. 4 update on COVID-19 in MN: Record cases; hospital beds filling; 31 deaths

Nov. 4 update on COVID-19 in MN: Record cases; hospital beds filling; 31 deaths

“What’s happening now in Minnesota is disheartening and alarming,” Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm told reporters, comparing the spread to a wildfire. “It feels like we’re losing ground.”
by MPR News Staff

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How will the book about 2020 be written?

How will the book about 2020 be written?

On Election Day, MPR News host Kerri Miller talks with two historians and hears from listeners about how 2020 will be remembered. 
by Kerri Miller

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Camp Quarantine: 6 tips for forming your COVID-19 winter pod

Camp Quarantine: 6 tips for forming your COVID-19 winter pod

Experts say one strategy to get through these winter months is to form what’s known as a pod. But finding friends willing to join up with you, and who share your standards, is easier said than done.
by Britta Greene

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Nov. 3 update on COVID-19 in MN: Daily cases skyrocket to another record; 15 deaths

Nov. 3 update on COVID-19 in MN: Daily cases skyrocket to another record; 15 deaths

The newest numbers come a day after health officials warned Minnesota could end up as bad as Wisconsin unless more Minnesotans start taking more personal responsibility to stop the disease’s uncontrolled spread.
by MPR News Staff

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More than politics on the line for voters with preexisting conditions

More than politics on the line for voters with preexisting conditions

As many as 130 million Americans have a preexisting health condition. Protections for those patients under the Affordable Care Act have become a campaign issue in races up and down the ballot.
by Will Stone

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Polling places are latest front in battle over face masks

Polling places are latest front in battle over face masks

On Election Day, voters across the country will face varying rules about mask-wearing when they cast a ballot as officials try to balance public safety precautions amid a global pandemic with the constitutional right to vote.
by The Associated Press

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'Group' destigmatizes and demystifies group therapy, without lessons

'Group' destigmatizes and demystifies group therapy, without lessons

In her memoir, Christie Tate sets a positive example in the telling of how group therapy saved her — and in the care she takes to never present herself as an expert.
by Lily Meyer

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