Local
Red Cross blood drives to be staged at Mall of America
An area of the mall has been designated as spacious enough "to allow the necessary social distancing practices."
Local
U, Mayo Clinic ready COVID-19 antibody tests
The University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic are hoping antibody test could help determine who is no longer a threat.
Local
Minnesota parents, too, are tested as education moves back home
Groups for home-schoolers are inundated with requests for tips, advice, resources and just plain reassurance.
Local
Minnesota reports its 5th death from COVID-19; 43 more cases added
Newly declared patients included a 2-year-old as concern grows about the virus' spread in long-term care facilities.
Local
Minnesota virus sleuths looking for COVID-19's vulnerabilities
How the cause of the coronavirus disease has evolved to be particularly infectious.
Local
Some tips now that Minnesota is mostly a telecommuting state
Workers, businesses adapt to landscape of technology overload, isolation, child care demands and anxiety of the unknown.
Local
They need your blood: Canceled drives pressure Minnesota's supplies
Despite COVID-19, blood banks remain open for business and need donations.
Local
Stay-at-home order now in effect; four Minnesotans dead from virus
Minnesota researchers offered a detailed look at the predictive modeling that influenced Gov. Tim Walz's use of the strategy, saying the move could reduce predicted deaths by up to a third.
Local
Mayo Clinic researchers join quest in getting COVID-19 vaccine on fast track
"I don't think it's likely that one vaccine alone is going to meet all the different needs we have," says Mayo's Dr. Gregory Poland.
Coronavirus
Trump orders ventilators, demands appreciation
President Donald Trump says he will press U.S. manufacturers to build 100,000 ventilators "pretty quickly."
Local
2nd Minnesotan dies from COVID-19; state's hospitals are mobilizing
Minnesota's health care facilities are preparing for an eventual surge in severe respiratory illnesses caused by the novel coronavirus. Thirty-one Minnesotans are currently hospitalized; 134 confirmed cases have recovered.
Local
Alone in the delivery room: Pregnancy during pandemic brings altered plans
Hospitals and clinics are restricting who can be in the delivery room, prompting some tough decisions for expectant mothers.
Nation
Feds developing new guidelines for virus risk
The White House coronavirus response coordinator says the task force is concerned about certain counties in the Midwest that appear to be seeing a rapid increase in cases.
Local
To slow infection rate, Walz tells Minnesotans to just stay home
Gov. Tim Walz issued an executive order Wednesday asking Minnesotans to stay in their homes unless absolutely necessary, for at least two weeks beginning at midnight Friday.
Variety
Trying to stay fit at home? Try these simple exercises from a Twin Cities expert
If you're used to working out at the gym, you might be getting pretty stir-crazy. But there are a few things you can do at home.
Local
COVID-19 could potentially infect 2.4 million in Minnesota
New projected health impacts provide the first Minnesota-specific attempt to gauge the burden of the pandemic.
Local
Minn. limits on crowds could last 'well beyond Easter,' Gov. Walz says
With the number of COVID-19 illnesses and the economic cost of measures both rising, Gov. Tim Walz plans to use data to evaluate whether the state's measures need to get tougher or loosen up.
Local
'Anxiety is through the roof': Crisis takes toll on Minnesota mental health providers, clients
The pandemic has upended the availability of treatment, activities, routines, and access to people that help Minnesota residents cope with mental illness.
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