COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

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November 6, 2020 6:19 AM

'The wave is coming up upon us': Critical care doctors already feeling effects of COVID surge

As COVID-19 cases surge around the state, Minnesota hospitals are nearly full. Doctors working on the front lines of the pandemic say it’s just a matter of time before the system is in crisis.

by Catharine Richert

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November 6, 2020 5:00 AM

COVID-19 in MN: Record daily cases, deaths, tests; hospitalizations top 1K

Friday’s numbers offered a startling confirmation of the repeated warnings from public health authorities over the past month that the disease was spreading rampantly. One key state health official implored Minnesotans: “You have got to make changes.”

by MPR News Staff

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November 5, 2020 5:15 PM

First COVID-19 vaccine doses to go to health workers, say CDC advisers

A team of independent advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a science-based outline for deploying a vaccine when it's ready. The goal is to stop deaths and viral spread fast.

by Pien Huang

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November 5, 2020 3:06 PM

These women built careers in retail. The pandemic tore through their stores

Women hold the majority of jobs in clothing and department stores, gift and souvenir shops. They run cash registers everywhere. Now thousands of stores have shuttered, leaving them jobless.

by Alina Selyukh

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November 5, 2020 12:55 PM

Clots, strokes and rashes. Is COVID-19 a disease of the blood vessels?

COVID-19 can cause symptoms that go well beyond the lungs, from strokes to organ failure. To explain these widespread injuries, researchers are studying how the virus affects the vascular system.

by Will Stone

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November 5, 2020 7:30 AM

U.S. sets coronavirus record with daily new cases pushing past 100,000

In recent weeks, the virus has swept through the country's heartland, infecting tens of thousands in the Midwest alone, which has also seen record numbers of hospitalizations for COVID-19.

by Scott Neuman

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November 5, 2020 5:13 AM

Nov. 5 update on COVID-19 in MN: 3rd straight day of record new cases; 25 deaths

The newest numbers come a day after Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm called the state’s current COVID-19 surge “disheartening and alarming” as she braced Minnesotans for more bad days ahead.

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November 4, 2020 11:08 AM

A new Hippocratic oath asks doctors to fight racial injustice and misinformation

At the University of Pittsburgh, new medical students recited an alternative oath, drawing on current events and recent political turmoil to highlight the societal responsibilities of doctors.

by Sarah Boden

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November 4, 2020 4:31 AM

Nov. 4 update on COVID-19 in MN: Record cases; hospital beds filling; 31 deaths

“What’s happening now in Minnesota is disheartening and alarming,” Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm told reporters, comparing the spread to a wildfire. “It feels like we’re losing ground.”

by MPR News Staff