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How to make ends meet if you lose your job under COVID-19

How to make ends meet if you lose your job under COVID-19

With no end to the outbreak in sight, many Minnesotans are left trying to pay bills and living expenses with less income than usual — or none at all. However, there’s some help available now from the state.
by Cody Nelson

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In Moorhead, city bus drivers pitch in to deliver meals

In Moorhead, city bus drivers pitch in to deliver meals

Thousands of senior citizens across the state depend on daily meal delivery to help them stay in their homes. But many of the people who do that work are retired themselves. Tuesday morning in Moorhead, city bus drivers were helping deliver meals — and volunteers stepped forward to keep the service going.
by Dan Gunderson

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Journalist Ed Yong on pandemic response, future of new coronavirus

Journalist Ed Yong on pandemic response, future of new coronavirus

The new coronavirus continues to spread and challenge hospitals and the global economy. We talk with a journalist about what researchers are predicting for the virus and its far-reaching effects on health care, the economy and our global psyche.
by Kerri Miller, Marcheta Fornoff and Breann Schossow

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Feds warn merchants to not make coronavirus treatment claims

Feds warn merchants to not make coronavirus treatment claims

The FDA has sent warning letters to seven marketers of products including essential oils, nasal sprays and herbal concoctions. No treatments or vaccines for COVID-19 have been approved.
by Marisa Peñaloza

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April 1 update on COVID-19 in MN: 17 dead, 27 in ICU; concerns rise over lab supplies

April 1 update on COVID-19 in MN: 17 dead, 27 in ICU; concerns rise over lab supplies

Gov. Tim Walz said Wednesday he’s “deeply concerned” about the financial hit businesses and citizens are taking because of COVID-19 restrictions and knows people are stressed as they face April bills. He’ll speak directly to Minnesotans Sunday via YouTube.
by MPR News Staff

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Essay: A father's wait and worry for baby's arrival during pandemic

Essay: A father's wait and worry for baby's arrival during pandemic

MPR News reporter John Enger’s wife was nine months pregnant when Minnesota got its first case of COVID-19. The timing was not ideal. No one could predict the world would slide into a global pandemic that would make a new parent’s worry compound.
by John Enger

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Some snowbirds headed north told to stay in their southern nests

Some snowbirds headed north told to stay in their southern nests

People who migrate south for winter are being told not to return to their year-round homes in the north. Some places that typically welcome their return are asking people to stay away.
by Danielle Kaeding

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