COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

This phase of COVID continues to hang around, but there is perhaps some hope in declining hospitalizations. And after a brief lull, CDC’s risk ratings are back on the rise in counties across the state.

Federal officials have opened the door wide to people seeking COVID-19 boosters. Here’s where you can find one in Minnesota and what you should know about how they work.

There is a new study with Minnesota connections that looks at long COVID in older adults and it finds 32 percent of older adults in the United States who survived COVID infections had symptoms of long COVID up to four months after infection. That's double the rate in younger people. Dr. Ken Cohen is co-author of the study and the executive director of translational research for Optum Care, which is based in the Twin Cities. He spoke with Cathy Wurzer about their findings.

Nobody wants to infect their friends and friendly, but do you really have to keep isolating at day 12, 13 or beyond? Unfortunately — and perhaps unsurprisingly — the science is not entirely settled.