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Parting Thoughts Remembering Minnesota’s lives lost to COVID-19

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Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Record vaccination numbers over the weekend

March 1, 2021 5:00 a.m.

By MPR News Staff

Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccination effort has accelerated in recent days, with state health officials reporting consecutive days of record vaccination numbers over the weekend.

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Everything you need to know about getting the COVID-19 vaccine in Minnesota

January 19, 2021 12:45 p.m.

By MPR News Staff

As Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, the state has added new tools to help eligible Minnesotans find vaccines. While more options are available for finding a vaccine, the state is warning that the number of doses available will continue to be very limited. Here’s what you need to know.

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COVID-19 regulations in MN: What you need to know

January 6, 2021 11:00 a.m.

By MPR News Staff

Gov. Tim Walz extended some of the restrictions on businesses and social gathering that went into effect ahead of Thanksgiving. Other restrictions have been eased or lifted. Here’s what you need to know.

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How inequity gets built into America’s vaccination system

March 1, 2021 9:19 a.m.

People eligible for the coronavirus vaccine say they are running up against barriers that are designed into the very systems meant to serve those most at risk of dying of the disease.

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For some Latinos, Minnesota’s vaccine tool is more like a road to nowhere

March 1, 2021 8:13 a.m.

By Joey Peters, Sahan Journal

Critics say the site asks too many questions, lacks translation, and prioritizes speed over equity. State officials say they're working on it.

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Why you should care about stopping the spread of COVID-19

November 20, 2020 10:50 p.m.

By MPR News Staff

In case you need convincing, or know someone who does, here’s a quick look at some of reasons health professionals find the growing spread of COVID-19 so concerning.

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Remembering Minnesotans lost to COVID-19

May 21, 2020 2:32 a.m.

Through conversations with their family members, colleagues and close friends, MPR News is remembering the lives of the people we’ve lost, too soon, to COVID-19.

Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had sought an alternate proposal to include an increase in the federal minimum wage in President Biden's COVID-19 relief bill.

COVID-19 relief package heads to Senate as debate over minimum wage continues

March 1, 2021 4:00 a.m.

By Deirdre Walsh

The Senate will debate a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill and aim to pass it using a process that avoids a Republican filibuster. A battle over efforts to raise the minimum wage still splits Democrats.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 12-0, with one recusal, to recommend the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for people aged 18 and older.

CDC panel endorses Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine

February 28, 2021 6:25 p.m.

By Nell Greenfieldboyce

A panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given its blessing to a new one-shot vaccine for COVID-19. The move comes one day after the Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine for emergency use.

Empty shelves at a Target in Burbank, Calif., on March 14, 2020. Many people across the U.S. are approaching the one-year anniversary of the moment they went into lockdown and realized life as they knew had changed.

People share 'the moment' they realized the pandemic was changing life as they knew it

February 28, 2021 3:39 p.m.

It's been nearly a year since the World Health Organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asked people to share the moment they realized COVID-19 was changing their lives.