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The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription

The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription

For decades, the FDA has regulated hearing aids as prescription medical devices — an arrangement that adds to the cost and effort people must invest to get them.
by Bill Chappell

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Minnesota traveling nurse returns home after grueling year fighting pandemic

Minnesota traveling nurse returns home after grueling year fighting pandemic

The current COVID-19 surge has stretched staffing at Minnesota hospitals to the thinnest margins since the start of the pandemic, with ICU capacity hitting an all-time low. To cope, many hospitals are turning to traveling nurses. Kirstin Wilson is one such professional. She spoke with MPR News guest host Steven John.
by Steven John, Megan Burks and Matt Mikus

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COVID-19 in MN: Signs summer-fall wave may be ebbing; hospitalizations dip

COVID-19 in MN: Signs summer-fall wave may be ebbing; hospitalizations dip

As Minnesota continues to grind its way through a hard stretch of COVID-19, the newest numbers offer the best hope in weeks that the worst of the current surge might — might — be over.
by MPR News Staff

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Mexico's new head consul in St. Paul stresses service, stronger ties

Mexico's new head consul in St. Paul stresses service, stronger ties

Ivan Roberto Sierra Medel serves as the official representative of Mexico for Mexican citizens across a swath of the Upper Midwest. MPR News spoke to him recently about his new job.
by Vicki Adame

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COVID-19 in MN: 'Critical point' as hospitalizations, frustrations climb

COVID-19 in MN: 'Critical point' as hospitalizations, frustrations climb

While there are some signs the current wave may be flattening, hospitalizations continue to rise — a reality that left Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm exasperated Friday after visiting a suburban Minneapolis care center.
by MPR News Staff

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Some critics of MPD not sold on proposal to overhaul public safety system

Some critics of MPD not sold on proposal to overhaul public safety system

Some of the most vocal anti-police brutality activists are skeptical that the proposal to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a public safety department will resort in any real change. 
by Jon Collins

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New carbon capture facility offers hope, sticker shock

The world’s largest carbon capture facility takes a year to sequester 3-seconds worth of carbon emissions.
by Paul Huttner

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Art Hounds: Three concerts in old and new spaces

Art Hounds: Three concerts in old and new spaces

Singer-songwriter Mary Bue performs at the Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul; Guns N’ Rosenkavalier combines opera with rock music at the historic Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing; and a cappella group Tonic Sol Fa stops at the new CTC Center in Pillager.
by Emily Bright

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COVID-19 in MN: Active case counts edge lower; hospitalizations rise

COVID-19 in MN: Active case counts edge lower; hospitalizations rise

Minnesota’s summer-fall COVID-19 surge stubbornly refuses to retreat, although the newest numbers offer some signs that conditions may be starting to plateau. Still, nearly 1,000 residents are hospitalized now with the disease.
by MPR News Staff

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