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Coronavirus Jan 24th 2021 - 2pm

Another 32 COVID-19 deaths amid signs of progress

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Dr. Shujun Liu on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at The Hormel Institute - University of Minnesota, Medical Research Center in Austin. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)

Science Jan 24th 2021 - 10am

Hormel Institute doctor will use $4 million grant in search of cancer answers

“It's not too late, not too late at all" to get your flu shot this season, says Karen Green Martin, senior epidemiologist at the Minnesota Department of Health. Forum News Service file photo

Wellness Jan 24th 2021 - 8am

How COVID-19 measures throttled this flu season -- so far

A line of police officers on bicycles in riot gear near the Minneapolis Police Department's 3rd Precinct during a May 27 protest against the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd. Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News file photo

Policy Jan 24th 2021 - 7am

Minneapolis crowd control overkill caused blindness, brain injuries, report shows

Missouri’s mental health department and the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri-St. Louis convened focus groups with drug users and their families, and used their words on billboards for the NoMODeaths campaign. Rachel Winograd / KHN / TNS

Wellness Jan 24th 2021 - 5am

Are public health ads worth the price? Not if they’re all about fear

Sanford Health nurse Danielle Walleen receives her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine Jan. 20, from RN Melissa Hurt at the COVID-19 Vaccination Center in the old Gordmans store in south Fargo. Forum file photo

Coronavirus Jan 23rd 2021 - 1pm

Vaccine providers ask for patience as rollout sparks 'what about me?' questions

Coronavirus Jan 23rd 2021 - 1pm

Minnesota reports 1,565 new COVID-19 cases, 31 deaths

Wellness Jan 23rd 2021 - 8am

The emotional turmoil of bedside vigils

Paramedic Jill Ryan Schultz on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, in Rochester. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)

Coronavirus Jan 23rd 2021 - 6am

Rochester community paramedics helping homeless facing COVID

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Wellness Jan 22nd 2021 - 7pm

Psst ... Your cardiologist isn't impressed with that standing desk

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Coronavirus Jan 22nd 2021 - 4pm

First round of vaccine given to Minnesota's skilled nursing homes, officials say

Anita Baron was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) after nine months of countless tests. By the time her Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare came through, Baron and her husband had maxed out their credit cards and raided $10,000 from their IRA and were $13,000 in debt. Kaiser Health News illustration

Policy Jan 22nd 2021 - 7am

After a decade of lobbying, ALS patients gain faster access to disability payments

The Mayo Clinic’s Gonda Building in downtown Rochester. Forum News Service file photo

Coronavirus Jan 21st 2021 - 6pm

Health care vaccine finally headed for small providers in Rochester

Recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine are monitored for about 50 minutes in December at the White Earth Health Center to make sure no one has adverse reactions. Health care workers on reservations across Minnesota were among the first in the state to be vaccinated. (Monika Lawrence for MPR News 2020)

Coronavirus Jan 21st 2021 - 6pm

White Earth doctor finds hope, resilience in connection despite pandemic

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Coronavirus Jan 21st 2021 - 4pm

Minnesota records 6,000th COVID-19 death as vaccinations continue, new testing guidelines announced

Coronavirus Jan 21st 2021 - 1pm

LIVE: Minnesota Department of Health holds press conference on state’s COVID-19 response

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Coronavirus Jan 20th 2021 - 1pm

1,200 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths reported in Minnesota

Debra Howze, left, helps her client Polly Mann put on a sweater inside of Mann's Minneapolis apartment on Dec. 15. Evan Frost / MPR News

Health News Jan 20th 2021 - 11am

Tentative contract gives Minnesota home care workers a raise

On its first day of operation, the state's vaccine signup page for persons 65 and older quickly crashed.

Coronavirus Jan 19th 2021 - 5pm

Vaccine signup portal crashes in Minnesota

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Coronavirus Jan 19th 2021 - 4pm

Minnesota officials report 900 new COVID-19 infections as vaccine effort expands

Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone (Photo courtesy of Federal Bureau of Prisons)

Coronavirus Jan 19th 2021 - 3pm

Inmate dies of COVID-19 amid major outbreaks in federal prisons in northern Minnesota

Sheryl Austin, left, high fives her mother, Cathy Rothfield, after she received an initial dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

Coronavirus Jan 19th 2021 - 2pm

Sanford Health begins administering COVID-19 vaccinations to community members ages 65 and older

Dr. Bashir Moallin waits as nurse Jane Bagley administers his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination Friday at the St. Cloud Hospital. Paul Middlestaedt for MPR News

Coronavirus Jan 19th 2021 - 1pm

Efforts underway to counter misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines in St. Cloud’s Somali American community

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead on Wednesday, Oct. 28, talks with COVID-19 survivors and discusses how the state plans to fight the pandemic going forward. C.S. Hagen / The Forum

Coronavirus Jan 19th 2021 - 1pm

WATCH: The Minnesota Department of Health held a conference call today to brief members of the media on the latest public health information regarding COVID-19

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Coronavirus Jan 19th 2021 - 9am

Minnesota seniors and teachers could start to be vaccinated this week