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New vaccines arrive as COVID-19 wastewater levels reach 2024 highpoint

New vaccines arrive as COVID-19 wastewater levels reach 2024 highpoint

Along with the annual flu vaccine, the new COVID-19 vaccine formulation is now widely available in Minnesota. It comes at a time when COVID-19 hospitalization rates remain stable but elevated and deaths are increasing. In addition, wastewater data shows higher COVID-19 levels than measured in all of 2024.
by Craig Helmstetter

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The impacts of repeated concussions

The impacts of repeated concussions

How many concussions are too many? MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about what we know about how repeated concussions affect us and how to treat them.
by Cari Dwyer and Angela Davis

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Attorney General asks court to provide oversight in Rainbow Health closure

Attorney General asks court to provide oversight in Rainbow Health closure

Attorney General Keith Ellison is asking a district court to step in and monitor the dissolution of Rainbow Health, a long-running HIV and LGBTQ+ services center that abruptly shut down in July.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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The secret to a long life? Fraud and shoddy record keeping, says one researcher

The secret to a long life? Fraud and shoddy record keeping, says one researcher

New research out of the U.K. appears to debunk most instances of super centenarians, or extra-long lives, as fraud and bad record-keeping. But an organization promoting the concept of blue zones of longevity says that research is not credible.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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The toll of gun violence on survivors

The toll of gun violence on survivors

In the news, we hear about people who are killed by gunfire, but what about the people who survive? MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the toll of surviving and witnessing gun violence.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Minnesota Poll: Only small fraction of Minnesotans say they’ve used cannabis recently despite legalization

Minnesota Poll: Only small fraction of Minnesotans say they’ve used cannabis recently despite legalization

The latest MPR News, KARE 11 and Minnesota Star Tribune poll shows, despite adult cannabis use now being legal in Minnesota only 14 percent of respondents reported using it in the last month. The poll also found a majority of those surveyed support legalization of cannabis on a national level.  
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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