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Local families face test shortages, isolation as pandemic hits home
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused anxiety, confusion and even stigma since its emergence. That includes 235 Minnesota cases identified through testing.
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Mask by mask, scores answer call for gear for health care workers
The nationwide and state effort stretched the gamut, from huge corporations exponentially multiplying their mask production to a neighbor in Victoria driving to a nurse's house to deliver three leftover masks.
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Minnesotans look for the possible during the unimaginable
Seven-year-olds who beg for a play date now video chat. Gym rats work out to YouTube videos. Book clubs, yoga classes and church groups connect via videoconferencing apps. Commuter congestion is gone.
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University of Minnesota is going 'full-on MacGyver' against COVID-19
A makeshift ventilator made from $150 in parts is one of several ways in which the school refocused its know-how in translational research vs. the pandemic.
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First Minnesota COVID-19 death is confirmed
The Ramsey County resident who died March 19 was 80 to 89 years old with underlying health issues, according to officials. Nearly a third of the state's counties have been affected.
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Paramedical tattoo artists heal scars more than skin deep
These artists pick up where doctors leave off, enabling patients to feel they blend in after life-altering injuries or surgeries.
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Mask shortage hits home for Minnesota nurse
Nationwide, health care professionals have sounded the alarm for what is quickly becoming an acute mask shortage.
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Minnesota COVID-19 case numbers jump to 115 as pace accelerates
Infections have likely spread beyond the 21 Minnesota counties that have confirmed cases, increasingly through community transmission.
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Minnesota hospitals ordered to postpone elective surgeries
Twelve more cases of COVID-19 were announced Thursday, bringing the total in the state to 89.
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Minnesota hospitals, clinics limiting visitors to try to limit virus spread
Screening begins at the front door of medical centers.
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Pandemic could broaden telemedicine in Minnesota Medicaid
Legislature fails to pass bill waiving rules on phone, video chats for pandemic.
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Beyond salons and spas, Minnesota orders many more services to cease operations
Tanning, tattoo and other body art, massage and similar body work also must halt.
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Walz: Minnesota should see COVID-19 as winter, not a blizzard
Gov. Tim Walz told Minnesotans that compliance with public health recommendations over the long haul will protect the most people. The 77 total cases so far show the growing scope of COVID-19 in the state.
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Twin Cities EMS: 'Reserve 911 for true emergencies'
As first-responders experience a deluge in calls, they are taking new precautions to avoid contracting the virus.
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Minnesota parents are working at home and making it work
Using support systems and humor, Minnesota parents are finding ways to tackle two full-time jobs at once.
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Bethesda long-term care hospital in St. Paul to be a COVID-19 facility
The hospital, which had its operations cut this winter in a budget-balancing move, could be a pivotal resource in managing the outbreak, providing specialty intensive care and keeping the infected from other hospitals.
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Minn. COVID-19 testing being restricted by a supply shortage
Minnesota's public health lab is restricting criteria for COVID-19 testing after a surge of testing activity that taxed its supply of kits and chemicals. The state has now 60 cases of the viral disease.
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Fauci: More tests available in 'a week or so'
The effort initially was hobbled by delays in getting testing kits out to public health labs, but the stumbles have continued, leading scientists to conclude that the virus has taken root in more places than government officials say.
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Number of Minnesota cases of COVID-19 rises to 21
The news comes as health officials reported seven new cases, including one in a teen, to push the state's total to 21. Authorities are still on the lookout for proof that the novel coronavirus is spreading from person to person.
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