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 AG sues rodeo owner for violating COVID-19 order
Attorney General Keith Ellison’s action came after the state Department of Health announced Friday that one spectator at the North Star Stampede Rodeo July 25-27 in Effie has tested positive for COVID-19.
For Minnesotans, Walz’s school plan brings more questions than answers
With little more than guidance from the state government for how to handle the upcoming school year, many Minnesotans remain in limbo for how their lives will look in a month. 
One man's COVID-19 death raises the worst fears of many people with disabilities
The hospital said it made a humane decision to end treatment. Michael Hickson's widow says doctors ended his care because they underestimated the life of a man with significant disabilities.
Minnesotans react after state releases fall guidance for schools
The Walz administration released its plan for how students, teachers and staff should return this fall. We spoke with Minnesota superintendents, principals — and listeners — about what to expect and how they’re feeling about the decision.
What's next for Minnesota schools?
Many Minnesota school districts have yet to make a decision about how students will go back to school in a COVID-19 world. MPR News host Angela Davis continues a three-hour special unpacking the state’s guidelines.
Federal push for faster, cheaper coronavirus tests focuses on 7 new technologies
The National Institutes of Health is giving $248.7 million dollars to seven companies developing new technologies for testing, including use of the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR.
COVID-19 hospital data system that bypasses CDC plagued by delays, inaccuracies
After the Trump administration moved hospital COVID-19 data reporting to the Department of Health and Human Services, bypassing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the new data system has been rife with erratic updates and anomalies.
As schools look ahead to fall, one Rochester elementary offers a glimpse of the future
Now that schools have guidance on reopening from the state, one Rochester, Minn., elementary is already in session, providing a glimpse of what the classroom could look like for many in September.