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Oct. 8 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations jump; 8 more deaths
The newest numbers follow a stretch of more than a week when average new daily case counts topped 1,000. Separately Thursday, the state loosened some virus-related restrictions on restaurants and other public gathering places.
Could the live flu vaccine help you fight off COVID-19?
There's evidence that certain vaccines boost the body's defense against many kinds of illness. Scientists are investigating whether this benefit extends to protection from COVID-19.
The Supreme Court and the future of the Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court will soon consider a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act. What happens next?
Latest COVID-19 vaccine timetable doesn't include Election Day
Large-scale safety and efficacy trials of experimental vaccines in tens of thousands of volunteers are underway. Answers about the trials are likely to come late this year.
Candidate Jason Lewis self-quarantines for 2nd time in week
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis left the campaign trail for the second time in less than a week Wednesday after learning that he had been in contact with a person who tested positive for the coronavirus.
Tribe reports scramble for hospital beds in South Dakota
A small hospital serving the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has sent two coronavirus patients to an out-of-state hospital in recent days, even as South Dakota’s top health officials insist the state has plenty of hospital capacity for COVID-19 patients. The two patients were sent to Minnesota.
High-dose flu vaccine in short supply in some places
The Minnesota Department of Health says it's hearing from Minnesotans who have been unable to get special high-dose flu vaccines designed for adults 65 and older.
Wisconsin activates field hospital as COVID-19 keeps surging
Wisconsin's governor has announced a field hospital at the state fairgrounds will open within the next week as a surge in COVID-19 cases threatens to overwhelm hospitals. According to the state Health Department, only 16 percent of the state's hospital beds are available as of Tuesday afternoon. 
Recovering from virus, Trump goes to Oval Office
President Trump, who is likely still contagious with the virus, has returned to the Oval Office for the first time since he was diagnosed and hospitalized with COVID-19. His physician, Dr. Sean Conley, is reporting that Trump declared on Wednesday morning that “I feel great!” and that the president has been symptom-free for over 24 hours.