Catharine Richert
Senior Reporter
crichert@mpr.org
Catharine Richert is based in Rochester, Minn., and covers Southeast Minnesota for MPR News. She was previously on MPR's politics team, and has contributed to MPR's health care coverage. She lives in Rochester with her husband, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, and their three children.
Recent Contributions
- Essential workers say employers not following work-from-home, safety precautions
- Daily dose of sweetness: Family-friendly 'bear hunts' unite Rochester
- In the midst of a pandemic, in-home care providers face new challenges, stresses
- Coronavirus forces pregnant women to change birth plans
- Testing shortages make it tough for health officials to understand COVID-19 spread
- Minnesota tightens criteria for COVID-19 testing
- Limited access to COVID-19 tests frustrates patients, health professionals
- Have you tried to get tested for coronavirus? Tell us about your experience so we can understand what people are being told
- How 'Med City' prepares for pandemic
- New Mayo Clinic test could speed detection of COVID-19