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An image from an electron microscope of the monkeypox virus (orange) on infected cells (green).

COVID sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox

August 8, 2022 4:01 AM

By Mark Kreidler

Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox, and maybe other viruses.

A woman waits for her vaccine.

Where to find a COVID booster in Minnesota (and more booster questions, answered)

January 26, 2022 2:00 PM

By The Associated Press, MPR News Staff, and NPR Staff

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.

President Joe Biden gestures toward reporters as he departs Marine One and walks to the Oval Office on the South Lawn of the White House on July 20.

President Biden again tests negative for COVID, ends isolation

August 7, 2022 7:32 AM

By Eric McDaniel

The president arrived on Sunday in Rehoboth Beach, Del., where the first family has a home.

A few of two child-size feet and a face mask dangling from a bench

Minnesota’s COVID plateau - a new normal?

August 5, 2022 1:34 PM

By Craig Helmstetter and Elisabeth Gawthrop

Perhaps this plateau has become our new normal. But the relatively steady statewide trends overall can mask important variations in communities throughout the state.

A COVID-19 vaccination card in someone's hands.

Lost your vaccine card? Here’s how to prove you’re fully vaccinated

September 22, 2021 1:15 PM

By Mary Ellen Ritter

More businesses and schools are requiring proof of vaccination for entry or for work. But what if you misplaced or threw away your paper card? You’ve got a few options. But whatever you do, don’t get a fake one off the internet.

Georgia Linders got sick with COVID in the spring of 2020 and never recovered. Her ongoing battle with long COVID has prevented her from working. She spends her days advocating for COVID longhaulers like herself and painting, one of the few activities that doesn't wear her out.

Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working

July 31, 2022 9:15 AM

An estimated 4 million workers in the U.S. are struggling to work due to debilitating symptoms from long COVID. The government is urging employers to provide accommodations to keep them on the job.

Steven Anderson, 65

Remembering Minnesotans lost to COVID-19

May 20, 2020 9:32 PM

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.

A woman spits into a vial.

Signs point to COVID concerns in southern Minnesota

July 29, 2022 3:24 PM

By Craig Helmstetter and Elisabeth Gawthrop

We’re looking forward to the day we can report (hopefully) a consistent downturn in COVID metrics and call this a COVID mesa instead of a COVID plateau. But for now, flat metrics are the reality, and the possibility remains that things will get worse before they get better.

The Biden administration plans to offer updated booster shots in the fall.

Summer boosters for people under 50 shelved in favor of updated boosters in the fall

July 29, 2022 5:37 AM

The Biden administration is scrapping plans to offer COVID boosters for people under 50 this summer. Instead officials will push for an earlier release of the next generation boosters in the fall.

GS Labs, Bloomington, Minnesota

Private COVID lab created headaches for Minnesota consumers, health officials

July 28, 2022 5:00 AM

By Tom Scheck, Jennifer Lu, Will Callan, and Anna Canny

Omaha-based GS Labs struggled to deliver on COVID-19 testing and has been accused of overbilling and pushing patients to get unnecessary tests, a nearly yearlong investigation by journalists from APM Reports found. State and federal investigators are now examining its testing practices.