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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.

'It made my heart broke': Marshall first-graders, parents grieve loss of classmate to COVID-19

'It made my heart broke': Marshall first-graders, parents grieve loss of classmate to COVID-19

School community members this week grieved the loss of a first grader at Park Side Elementary School in Marshall. Many families navigated the loss — and helped their children try to make sense of it.
by Hannah Yang

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Flush with cash, Americans are buying everything from iPhones To Teslas

Flush with cash, Americans are buying everything from iPhones To Teslas

Personal income jumped by a record 21 percent last month, largely thanks to those $1,400 relief payments. The extra cash helped fuel a jump in spending that should continue in the months to come.
by Scott Horsley

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MN rental assistance program to soon begin payouts

MN rental assistance program to soon begin payouts

State officials are highlighting a new rental assistance program that uses federal money to help people behind on their rent due to the pandemic. Some landlords say it’s taking too long to get the program running.
by Tim Pugmire

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U.S. officials: Anxiety drove vaccine reactions in 5 states

U.S. officials: Anxiety drove vaccine reactions in 5 states

 U.S. health officials have concluded that it was anxiety — and not a problem with the coronavirus vaccine — that caused fainting, dizziness and other short-term reactions in dozens of people earlier this month. Experts say the clusters are an example of a phenomenon that’s been chronicled for decades from variety of different vaccines.

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'Reasonable risk': As parents await a vaccine for kids, one family takes part in vaccine research

'Reasonable risk': As parents await a vaccine for kids, one family takes part in vaccine research

Only one vaccine has been authorized for kids as young as 16, a group that’s behind much of Minnesota’s COVID-19 spread. But instead of waiting for a vaccine, one Twin Cities family jumped on an early opportunity to participate in vaccine research.
by Catharine Richert

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Pediatricians weigh in on what's safe and not safe for unvaccinated children

Pediatricians weigh in on what's safe and not safe for unvaccinated children

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with pediatricians Dr. Nia Heard-Garris of Northwestern University and Dr. Jose Romero, Arkansas secretary of health, about what's safe and not safe to do with unvaccinated children.
by Audie Cornish

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