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Twin Cities sales reps get $1.6M settlement after alleging VA was cheated out of millions
Georgia company to pay $6.5M over skin-graft suit.
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Visits and revenue are dropping at Minnesota's safety-net clinics
Primary care visits are down significantly, creating financial problems for clinics but also potentially setting the stage for a wave of patients needing hospital emergency care at a time when COVID-19 is straining the system.
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Minnesota's response shows promise in slowing virus
Gov. Tim Walz said he will be looking this week for updated modeling and any signs of the infection ebbing before deciding on extend his stay-at-home order.
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Minnesota details breadth of elder-care coronavirus cases
More than half of the 24 Minnesotans who have died from the disease lived in nursing homes or assisted-living centers.
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Fairview doctors face furloughs as deaths, hospital expenses rise
As the number of Minnesota deaths from COVID-19 grew by two to 24, the pandemic's financial shock became clearer.
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Leading state's health efforts, Jan Malcolm is 'Minnesota's Dr. Fauci'
Her days are long, filled with press briefings and conference calls, but she retains her frank, calm delivery.
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Minnesota adjusts to new normal: Masks in public
The new CDC advice came with a strong plea to preserve the medical-grade masks for care providers, as well as to continue the social distancing and hand-washing.
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Minnesota puts response info online in push to delay surge
See things ranging from ventilator tallies to total unemployment claims on a new online dashboard that state officials say will provide daily updates.
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Mayo Clinic to lead national COVID-19 treatment trial
Mayo Clinic is leading a national trial to use donated plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 as a treatment therapy for others infected by the novel coronavirus that causes the illness.
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With COVID-19 hospitalizations rising in state, deal reached on treatment costs
Out-of-pocket treatment costs for some patients will be waived under an agreement announced with nonprofit insurers, along with other moves.
Science
Scientists change the ways they hunt the vast virosphere
They have uncovered hundreds of thousands of new species that have yet to be named. And they suspect millions still are waiting to be found.
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Virus outbreak puts spotlight on disease data modeling in Minnesota, elsewhere
Modeling by the Minnesota Department of Health and the University of Minnesota directly informed Gov. Tim Walz and guided his stay-at-home order
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State officials upset with lack of COVID-19 test supplies
Officials continue to emphasize that the confirmed case count, which included five new deaths in the state, is not telling the whole picture.
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Minnesota addiction programs go online in race to prevent relapses
If addiction is a disease of isolation, counselors are finding news ways to reach out.
Variety
Should you bring Mom or Dad home from assisted living during pandemic?
Ultimately, every family must weigh and balance the risks.
Local
Walz urges against complacency with virus
Two deaths and 53 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday as the the state completed its fourth day of "stay-at-home" restrictions aiming to slow or delay the worst here.
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A thank you to health care workers
Bachman's Floral, Home & Garden donated 1,500 flowering plants to Abbott Northwestern Hospital in appreciation of the efforts of health care workers responding to the Coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in Minneapolis.
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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."
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