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The runaway pandemic put more pressure on the U.S. job market last month. Employers shed 140,000 jobs as the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7 percent.
The latest COVID-19 data records 48 new deaths and 2,387 new cases on Friday. Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said this week that officials are watching for any bump in COVID-19 cases due to holiday gatherings.
With case and death counts still surging, the pressure is on to vaccinate as many people as possible. Here's what it will take to get more Americans their shots, fast.
The Legislature is exempt from the mask mandate enacted by Gov. Tim Walz. The state House instituted its own requirement while the Senate is keeping mask-wearing optional this session.
State Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said there are “encouraging trends” with fewer hospital beds occupied by patients with COVID-19, but warns that the next weeks will be “critical” to see if relaxing restrictions will have an impact on the virus spread in Minnesota.
A new study suggests reopening schools may be safer than previously thought, at least in communities where the virus is not already spreading out of control.
Starting Monday, Minnesota restaurants may reopen, but only at 50 percent capacity. Gov. Tim Walz also is easing up on restrictions at bars, movie theaters, gyms and sporting events.
While logistical challenges have hampered use of antibody drugs to treat people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, recent results show the medicines can be worthwhile.
Gov. Tim Walz extended some of the restrictions on businesses and social gathering that went into effect ahead of Thanksgiving. Other restrictions have been eased or lifted. Here’s what you need to know.
For most of her adult life, sobriety has been hard for Heather Russell to maintain. When the pandemic hit, she worried she’d go back to drinking, after nearly a year of sobriety. Instead, Russell says 2020 was a lesson in tapping resilience she didn’t know she had.