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The newest numbers come as officials continue to prep Minnesotans to expect a long road back to normalcy. The state health commissioner says we’re in the “third or fourth inning” of the pandemic.
Parents desperate to get their kids outdoors and offline are choosing wilderness schools for their kids, but poor, urban kids are missing out. Educators in Kingston, N.Y., are trying to change that.
Only 12 percent of minority-owned businesses in the U.S. have received coronavirus relief loans. How are Minnesota’s minority business owners navigating the lending space?
Health Commissioner Jan Malcom and the state’s infectious disease director, Kris Ehresmann, return to MPR News with Kerri Miller to report on the latest pandemic news and take listener calls and questions.
The newest numbers come after Minnesota recorded more than 1,600 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 more deaths over the weekend. “It’s certainly no time to let down our guard,” the state’s health commissioner said Monday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered a nationwide eviction ban for people who can't pay rent and have no place to go. It's helping some, but many others are getting evicted anyway.
Scientists are racing to develop a vaccine that proves "safe and effective." It may not prevent infection in everyone who gets it, but it still could eventually stop the pandemic. Here's how.