The state stay-at-home order ends on May 18, and Gov. Walz has replaced it with a new order that brings back more social interactions and allows more businesses to open up.
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NorthPoint is now offering drive-up COVID-19 testing by appointment
NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center is now offering drive-up COVID-19 testing by appointment.
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Workers push back against COVID job risks
Frontline and essential workers’ concerns over safety and working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic have been steadily boiling over into organized protests.
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How COVID-19 may change your next trip to the dentist’s office
As the coronavirus pandemic swept the U.S., state governments mandated that dental offices open only for emergency procedures. But now some dental offices have resumed regular appointments in individual states where businesses considered “essential” are allowed to re-open. When dentists do re-open for full business, the patient experience may seem the same in some ways, but in […]
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Re-opening the economy will doom many
Sending millions of people back to work without protection or testing would be a death sentence for thousands.
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Useful tools and resources for warding off stress
Staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic includes being mindful of stress.
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County, nonprofits partner to safeguard homeless
Everyday struggles such as addiction, trauma and mental health issues are now being compounded with tight living spaces in homeless shelters.
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Mayo’s Dr. LaPrincess Brewer to appear on Essence COVID-19 summit to address health disparities
Dr. LaPrincess Brewer of the Mayo Clinic will appear alongside other health, wellness and faith leaders to address health disparities highlighted by COVID-19.
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Gov. Walz signs executive order protecting COVID-19 relief funds from debt collectors
‘This order will help alleviate the financial burden Minnesotans are facing, allowing them to pay rent and put food on the table,’ said Gov. Walz.
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Containment measures threaten Black mental health, but resources are available
COVID-19 has brought to light the importance of mental health and its essential function to collective well-being.
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Digital divide complicates distance learning for Mpls public schools
Families who can’t access the internet should call their school to get connected to the resources they need.
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COVID-19 and its confusing lexicon
Some of these terms used during this coronavirus pandemic sound similar and can be very confusing.
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Safety protocols reshape Seward Co-ops and the shopping experience
Seward Community Co-op, a local grocery store with three locations in the Minneapolis area, has had to navigate the new COVID-19 landscape.
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Ilhan Omar on stimulus plans, rent cancellation bill, critics and more
Rep. Ilhan Omar recently spoke with the MSR about keeping up the good fight in the age of Trump and the coronavirus.
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Gov. Walz extends stay-at-home order through May 18, with exceptions
Gov. Tim Walz announced a two-week extension of Minnesota’s stay-at-home order.
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Young people with coronavirus are dying from strokes at an alarming rate
Doctors in New York first got suspicious when they realized young people were having strokes at a rate five times higher than normal.
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Virus wreaks havoc among most vulnerable
A look at the coronavirus impact on the often forgotten members of the Black community.
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Estes Funeral Chapel adapts to COVID crisis
While other small businesses have struggled, Estes has seen business increase during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CDC adds six new COVID-19 symptoms
The CDC recently added six new possible COVID-19 symptoms.
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ICYMI: 3M fails to deliver N95 masks to hospitals in the Twin Cities
3M fails to deliver N95 masks to Twin City hospitals and other news and views.