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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’s COVID plateau - a new normal?

Minnesota’s COVID plateau - a new normal?

Perhaps this plateau has become our new normal. But the relatively steady statewide trends overall can mask important variations in communities throughout the state.
by Craig Helmstetter and Elisabeth Gawthrop

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Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working

Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working

An estimated 4 million workers in the U.S. are struggling to work due to debilitating symptoms from long COVID. The government is urging employers to provide accommodations to keep them on the job.
by Andrea Hsu

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Signs point to COVID concerns in southern Minnesota

Signs point to COVID concerns in southern Minnesota

We’re looking forward to the day we can report (hopefully) a consistent downturn in COVID metrics and call this a COVID mesa instead of a COVID plateau. But for now, flat metrics are the reality, and the possibility remains that things will get worse before they get better.
by Craig Helmstetter and Elisabeth Gawthrop

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Summer boosters for people under 50 shelved in favor of updated boosters in the fall

Summer boosters for people under 50 shelved in favor of updated boosters in the fall

The Biden administration is scrapping plans to offer COVID boosters for people under 50 this summer. Instead officials will push for an earlier release of the next generation boosters in the fall.
by Rob Stein

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Private COVID lab created headaches for Minnesota consumers, health officials

Private COVID lab created headaches for Minnesota consumers, health officials

Omaha-based GS Labs struggled to deliver on COVID-19 testing and has been accused of overbilling and pushing patients to get unnecessary tests, a nearly yearlong investigation by journalists from APM Reports found. State and federal investigators are now examining its testing practices.
by Tom Scheck, Jennifer Lu, Will Callan and Anna Canny

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How a near-death experience could change the way you live

How a near-death experience could change the way you live

When Randy Schiefer was hospitalized with COVID-19, he wasn't sure he would survive. Now, he looks back at that experience as the most important thing that has ever happened to him.
by Lee Hale

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Nearly 1.2 million apply for 'hero pay'

Nearly 1.2 million apply for 'hero pay'

Many more people than originally expected applied for bonus pandemic pay, and not all of the applications are likely to be approved.
by Brian Bakst

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So far, Minnesota avoids recent national uptick in COVID cases

So far, Minnesota avoids recent national uptick in COVID cases

Statewide COVID-19 cases mostly hold steady; so far avoiding the recent national uptick, CDC county-level risk assessments tick up a bit, and Among Asian Americans, Minnesota has the 2nd highest known COVID-19 death rate.
by Craig Helmstetter

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