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'COVID emergency' over but concerns rise over loss of health insurance, mental health among younger Minnesotans

May 26, 2023 2:52 PM

By Craig Helmstetter and Elisabeth Gawthrop

The officially declared national public health emergency related to COVID-19 has now been over for two weeks. Here in Minnesota, we are still receiving relatively timely hospitalization and wastewater data. This week we also look at the alarmingly high rates of depression and anxiety among younger Minnesotans as well as those identifying as transgender.

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.

Anxiety, depression rates stay high as COVID emergencies end

May 12, 2023 6:36 PM

By Benjamin Clary and Elisabeth Gawthrop

With the national and public health emergency declarations over as of Thursday, here’s a look at some of what will be different going forward.

Miguel Lerma, right, with his grandparents who raised him, Jose and Virginia Aldaco.

Pandemic hits 'stop button,' but for some life is forever changed

May 11, 2023 3:03 PM

By Selena Simmons-Duffin , Pien Huang , and Rhitu Chatterjee

NPR talked to hundreds of people over the course of the pandemic. As the emergency declaration ends on May 11, we asked some of them for their reflections on the past three tumultuous years.

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.

brain fog

Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there's a shortage of answers

May 10, 2023 12:50 PM

Psychologist James Jackson says people with long COVID experience impaired brain function and mental health issues. He offers some practical advice and support in his new book, Clearing the Fog.

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.

The U.S. public health emergency declaration helped marshal resources during the worst of the COVID crisis, when the virus was spreading rampantly. This week, the declaring expires.

The COVID public health emergency ends this week. Here's what's changing

May 8, 2023 3:43 PM

By Selena Simmons-Duffin

Three years ago, the emergency declaration enabled certain tools for fighting the pandemic and protecting Americans. Now that it's expiring, here's what is changing — and what's not.

A woman sits cross legged in a chair and types on a laptop

Future of Us: The pandemic offered workers a golden opportunity – but inequities to navigate

May 5, 2023 7:13 PM

By Tom Crann and Megan Burks

The pandemic gave workers fresh evidence that business doesn’t have to operate as usual. An organizational behavior expert says it’s an opportunity to make work better for people, if we can avoid creating new inequities in the process.

The CDC will stop reporting new daily COVID infections and rely instead on hospitalization data to monitor the severity of the COVID.

CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down

May 5, 2023 2:45 PM

The CDC says the coming end of the public health emergency means the agency will be scaling back the data it routinely collects and releases about the pandemic.