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How bars are fueling COVID-19 outbreaks

How bars are fueling COVID-19 outbreaks

To owners of bars and nightclubs, pandemic restrictions on the industry can feel punitive. But there are important differences, virus hunters say, between a bar and a restaurant that serves alcohol.
by Will Stone

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CDC study finds Hispanics hit disproportionately hard by workplace outbreaks

CDC study finds Hispanics hit disproportionately hard by workplace outbreaks

A study out Monday found that Hispanic and nonwhite workers made up 73 percent of cases associated with workplace outbreaks in certain industries, despite representing 24 percent of the workforce in those sectors.
by Rachel Treisman

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Can air conditioners spread COVID-19?

Can air conditioners spread COVID-19?

People are worried that the virus could be spread by air conditioning systems. Here's what researchers do — and don't yet — know.
by Jessica Craig

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Politics slows flow of U.S. virus funds to local public health

Politics slows flow of U.S. virus funds to local public health

Congress has allocated trillions of dollars to ease the coronavirus crisis. A joint Kaiser Health News and AP investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local public health departments for work such as testing and contact tracing. Others, like Minnesota, were slow to do so.
by The Associated Press and Kaiser Health News Staff

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Aug. 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: Testing tops 1M; 567 new cases

Aug. 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: Testing tops 1M; 567 new cases

“We’re at a place where things are stable, but the concern is we’re stable at a high rate of cases,” Kris Ehresmann, the state’s infectious disease director, told reporters Monday.
by MPR News Staff

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Pandemic electric bills are searing hot, as families stay home

Pandemic electric bills are searing hot, as families stay home

With lights out in many offices and millions of people plugging in at home, residential power bills are soaring, even as overall electricity consumption slumps during the recession.
by Scott Horsley

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Back to life: COVID-19 lung transplant survivor tells her story

Back to life: COVID-19 lung transplant survivor tells her story

After six weeks on a ventilator, she was dying of COVID-19. But doctors took a gamble and gave Mayra Ramirez a double lung transplant. Now she shares what it's like to come back from the brink.
by Christine Herman

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