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.

Unvaccinated United Airlines employees to be put on temporary leave
United Airlines has told employees who have applied for religious or medical exemptions to the company's vaccine mandate that if approved, they will be put on leave next month.
Biden requiring federal workers to get COVID shot
President Joe Biden will sign a new executive order to require vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors who do business with the federal government.
Biden lays out plan to mandate vaccines or testing for millions of workers
President Biden on Thursday unveiled a series of steps to combat the newly surging pandemic, including the announcement of a forthcoming federal rule that all businesses with 100 or more employees have to ensure that every worker is either vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing for the coronavirus.
Babies, the delta variant and COVID: What parents need to know
The rate of new cases of COVID-19 among babies and children under 4 years old in the U.S. recently surpassed the rate of new cases among adults older than 65. Here's how to protect a newborn.
Managing the pandemic that never seems to end
Remember June, when we talked about “post-pandemic” life? Now it’s fall, and we’re back to masks and rising COVID-19 cases. Host Angela Davis talked with an infectious disease doctor and a therapist about managing the ongoing uncertainty of the pandemic.
COVID-19 surge in the U.S.: The summer of hope ends in gloom
The summer that was supposed to mark America's independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were last March.