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COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

The latest news, resources, guides and tips to help you stay up to date on the coronavirus pandemic.

Minnesota health data: Opioid impacts remain high, COVID-19 levels remain low

Minnesota health data: Opioid impacts remain high, COVID-19 levels remain low

Amid recent reports concerning increases in COVID-19 activity, we take a closer look at wastewater monitoring. We also look at some existing data related to the ongoing negative impact of opioid addiction.
by Alyson Clary and Craig Helmstetter

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Republicans' excess death rate spiked after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, a study says

Republicans' excess death rate spiked after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, a study says

After vaccines became widely available in 2021, "the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43 percent higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters," Yale researchers say.
by Bill Chappell

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Health data roundup: COVID-19 in deer, cannabis-related emergency visits for kids

Health data roundup: COVID-19 in deer, cannabis-related emergency visits for kids

We’ve got mainly good news on COVID-19 in humans, but bad for deer. Also: cannabis storage safety and a recent downward trend in marijuana use among Minnesota teens. 
by Alyson Clary and Craig Helmstetter

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Future of Us: Forced to downsize their funerals, Hmong families returned to their roots

Future of Us: Forced to downsize their funerals, Hmong families returned to their roots

COVID-19 hit Hmong Minnesotans especially hard. Of COVID-related deaths among Asian Minnesotans in 2020, nearly half were Hmong. The loss came in the midst of pandemic restrictions that forced many families to downsize their normally large and lavish funerals. As they did so, Hmong healer Xifu Yaj Ceeb Vaj says some found an opportunity to reground themselves in their culture's spiritual traditions.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Minnesota shifts COVID tracking focus to severe cases

The Minnesota Department of Health has changed its approach to reporting COVID-19 cases, prioritizing severe disease and mortality data over case counts. COVID hospitalizations in Minnesota have been steadily decreasing, with no spring rebound this year, potentially relieving pressure on the health care system.
by Alyson Clary and Elisabeth Gawthrop

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