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Thousands more doses of monkeypox vaccine are expected to soon begin shipping to the U.S. after federal health officials said they had completed an inspection of the overseas plant where they were manufactured.
Osterholm: There's a new COVID variant. Should we be worried?
There’s a new COVID-19 variant on the radar called BA 2.75. MPR News Reporter Catharine Richert talked with veteran epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about the latest insights.
Many try to return to normal from COVID, but disabled people face a different reality
With COVID safety protocols rescinding around the country, many are returning to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. But disabled and immunocompromised people can't do so, and are being left behind.
Doctors press Minnesota health systems for more access to abortion medication
As Minnesota abortion care providers ramp up to serve an expected influx of patients from across the Midwest, some doctors are pushing their health care organizations to do more now, including improving access to a drug that’s also used for medication abortions.
The monkeypox outbreak was avoidable and warning signs were ignored, expert says
Monkeypox has been a developing problem for decades and the current global outbreak was avoidable, but the looming threat was largely ignored, according to a leading expert on the virus.