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Health experts: Reopening businesses in Minnesota will spread COVID-19, but how much?
Increased transmission is inevitable when economies reopen, but the big question is whether the increase will be manageable.
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Minnesota Senate votes to raise tobacco purchase age to 21
The Senate vote sends the bill to Gov. Tim Walz after the Minnesota House advanced similar legislation on Saturday.
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Minnesota has a new drug price transparency law. Here's what it does
The bipartisan measure is the result of years of negotiations.
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Minnesota's social distancing falling short of projections
State health officials stress modeling was never intended to forecast specific death counts, but rather to assess whether changes in social policies and restrictions cause those counts to decline.
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Minnesota deaths up 24, to 638, in COVID-19 pandemic
The number of confirmed cases statewide stands at 12,917.
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University of Minnesota announces $35 million gift for adolescent brain studies
It comes from the university's largest donor.
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Minnesota adds 695 COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths
The state has documented 12,494 cases of the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, including confirmed cases in 1,436 health care workers. Meanwhile, 8,223 people in the state have been released from quarantine.
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Minnesota hospitals readying for 'the beast' of COVID-19
At Bethesda in St. Paul and beyond, care providers share joy, grief, anxiety. But even as they manage, Minnesota hospitals are wary of COVID-19's second act
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Contact tracing, new drug part of state's next COVID-19 phase
The Minnesota Department of Health is on track by week's end to employ 460 contact investigators to identify cases early and try to keep small COVID-19 clusters from exploding among entire businesses or communities.
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How can you tell the difference between COVID-19 and spring allergies?
Anxiety is running high, along with the pollen count. A local allergist weighs in.
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Dad lost to COVID-19, family now must decide how to care for mom
Carole Kenny, 87, tested positive for the virus just before her husband died. She has been without her family in the hospital and a care facility ever since, riding out the viral-driven delirium and her grief alone.
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Minnesota's child vaccinations drop amid COVID-19 fears
In Minnesota, there's been a 70% drop in measles vaccine doses given compared with a year ago, according to state health officials.
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Minn. officials: Too few seek out COVID-19 test
The push to dramatically expand COVID-19 testing is coming up short because not enough people are seeking tests, state officials say.
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Virus cases up more than 700 for fourth day
The pandemic has caused 558 deaths across Minnesota. Residents of long-term care and assisted living facilities account for roughly four out of every five across the state.
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Minnesota House clears bill raising age to buy tobacco to 21
"Tobacco 21" legislation approved along with drug price transparency measure and one-time boost for families on welfare.
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Officials seek to contain growing Camp Quarantine in south Mpls.
Citing urgent public health concerns, Metro Transit authorities are moving to contain the spread of a large and growing homeless encampment near the light-rail line in south Minneapolis.
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Will surgeries tax Minnesota protective gear?
Nurses worry about a lack of masks and gowns with more elective procedures.
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Minnesota deaths up 26, to 534, in pandemic
Twenty-six more people have died from COVID-19 in Minnesota, state health officials reported today, as the number of confirmed cases across the state grew to 10,088.
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Death toll climbs to 55 at New Hope nursing home hit by virus
The death toll at the facility — the site of the state's deadliest outbreak since the pandemic began — has more than quadrupled in the past two weeks. State health officials identified multiple lapses of infection-control standards.
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Planning for the worst, Minnesota seeks a building for the remains of COVID victims
A state facility would allow for the temporary storage of bodies due to any potential future burial delays.
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