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Sneeze guards, face masks and no cafeteria lunches: Minn. schools plan ahead for summer and fall

Superintendents say they’ve already begun moving ahead with plans for their students in the summer and fall, but remain ready to change if state leaders continue to forbid in-person learning.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Ask the vet: Quarantine edition

Ask the vet: Quarantine edition

Have your pets been acting differently now that you've been quarantined at home? Like humans, animal friends can feel stressed and anxious, and can feed off our emotional state, too. And now that many of us are spending more time at home, changes to our pets’ routines can be hard. Hear what two veterinarians have to say about why your pet is behaving differently.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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Call to investigate poultry plant as Stearns County COVID-19 cases rise

Call to investigate poultry plant as Stearns County COVID-19 cases rise

Increased testing and outreach efforts in recent weeks have focused on two poultry processing plants in the county. But county and state officials say community transmission also has played a role in spreading the virus — perhaps even more than in Nobles County, where a meat-packing plant has also been a hot spot of COVID-19.
by Kirsti Marohn

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How COVID-19 will change the health care policy debate

How COVID-19 will change the health care policy debate

Health care in the U.S. is expensive, uneven and often inaccessible for the people who need it most. All of those things were true before the pandemic, but will COVID-19 push the debate over health care policy to the forefront?
by Kerri Miller and Elizabeth Dunbar

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U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating any COVID-19 patients

U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without treating any COVID-19 patients

Across the U.S., convention centers and empty fields were transformed into emergency field hospitals at a cost to federal taxpayers of more than $660 million. Most haven't treated a single patient.
by Joel Rose

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