During COVID-19, we have lost more than we realize. Our entire lives have been shaken up.
COVID-19
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U.S. tops a one day record of 100,000 new COVID infections
The United States recorded an all-time high of 102,831 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, November 4.
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Free saliva testing offered at Roy Wilkins Auditorium
The Minnesota Department of Health has expanded options for COVID-19 testing with a new saliva testing hub in Saint Paul.
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AALF, Phyllis Wheatley launch MN Black Community COVID-19 Hotline
The MN Black Community COVID-19 Hotline is fully staffed and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide callers with important pandemic-related info.
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Even pursuit of a COVID vaccine steeped in inequity
This nationalistic patent monopoly route was the one Trump choose to pursue.
Posted inHealth + Wellness
Doing the six feet U, and other helpful COVID habits
For the most part, treatment is supportive with hydration, rest, controlling fevers in isolation.
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Until a coronavirus vaccine is ready, pneumonia vaccines may reduce deaths from COVID-19
The yearly influenza season threatens to make the COVID-19 pandemic doubly deadly, but this may not be inevitable.
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Pandemic increases woes of immigrant domestic workers
Domestic Workers United opened my eyes to the idea that I could stand up for myself, that I had rights by virtue of being a human being, regardless of my race, job, or immigration status.
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Yet another COVID-19 symptom: hair loss
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently doesn’t recognize hair loss as a COVID-19 symptom, providers across the country are seeing more and more patients recovering from COVID-19 experiencing hair loss.
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Blacks, mental health and COVID
Blacks historically have been impacted by adversity, racism and various socioeconomic disparities and the coronavirus has highlighted these issues.
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Is it safe to get a mammogram during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Since the pandemic began, there has been a sharp decline in preventative medical care due to concerns surrounding COVID-19.
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Black volunteers needed for COVID trials
Because the virus has had a disproportionate impact on the Black population and the COVID vaccine research is well underway, there is a need to recruit more Black volunteers for coronavirus vaccine trials.
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Shopping online more during the pandemic? Here are 10 tips for avoiding scams
As online shopping increases due to public health safety concerns, so has online scams.
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Vice presidential candidates to be separated by plexiglass at Wednesday’s debate
In light of the Trump administration’s rising COVID-19 cases, new precautions have been announced for the vice presidential debate.
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Pandemic adds to already higher Black pregnancy risks
The pandemic is adding still more risk for both Black mothers and babies.
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Free COVID-19 testing offered at four sites in the Twin Cities
As the positive cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in the state, Minnesotans who need or want to be tested for the virus will have the opportunity to do so at four sites.
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President Trump heads to Walter Reed hospital after COVID-19 diagnosis (updated)
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19, the president tweeted late Thursday night.
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Minnesota racism halts COVID-19 survey
The CDC decided to discontinue the surveyors’ work in Minnesota after reports of mistreatment and harassment of survey takers of Color.
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Beware the politicizing of COVID-19
Politics remains a factor, particularly if it builds the narrative that one political party ‘has the cure.’
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Early voting begins in Minnesota
Absentee voting begins in Minnesota on Friday, September 18, for the 2020 presidential/general election.