COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

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U.S. adds 1.8 million jobs in a sign that hiring has slowed
With confirmed viral cases still elevated in much of the nation and businesses under continued pressure, many employers appear reluctant or unable to hire. Even counting the hiring of the past three months, the economy has now recovered only about 42 percent of the 22 million jobs it lost to the pandemic-induced recession.
Last-ditch virus aid talks; Trump team heads back to Capitol
Trump administration negotiators are heading back to the Capitol for last-ditch talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money. Democratic leaders summoned them for another try with the negotiations teetering on the brink of collapse.
Aug. 7 update on COVID-19 in MN: 'Fragile' gains; Sturgis worries
The state’s top public health leaders on Friday warned that hard-won gains over the disease the past few months are in danger, and that the massive motorcycle rally kicking off this weekend in Sturgis, S.D., may bring trouble back to Minnesota.