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March 11, 2022 4:45 AM

China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases

The latest lockdowns extend China's draconian approach to the pandemic it has enforced for most of the past two years

by The Associated Press

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March 10, 2022 5:41 PM

For the first time, victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family

The Sacklers, who own Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, have maintained they did nothing wrong. People who lost loved ones and years of their lives to opioid addiction believe otherwise.

by Brian Mann

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March 10, 2022 4:24 PM

U.S. extends mask rule for travel while weighing new approach

The mask mandate was scheduled to expire March 18, but the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that it will extend the requirement through April 18.

by The Associated Press

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March 10, 2022 3:59 PM

Therapy dogs can help relieve pain in the ER

They have offered comfort at nursing homes, schools — even disaster sites. Now, a study shows that a 10-minute visit from therapy dogs can help relieve emergency room patients' pain.

by Rina Torchinsky

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March 10, 2022 1:26 PM

Boyd Huppert on his journey with cancer and reflections on life

Boyd Huppert is one of Minnesota's most accomplished and beloved broadcast journalists who is battling multiple myeloma. Host Cathy Wurzer checked in with Huppert as he starts the process of a bone marrow transplant.

by Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

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March 10, 2022 10:24 AM

Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth end masking orders for city buildings

Officials in the three cities said they dropped the masking orders based on the state’s rapidly falling COVID numbers as well as guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

by Andrew Krueger

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March 10, 2022 4:00 AM

Americans are stuck in unhealthy pandemic habits. Here's how to reboot

After two years of pandemic life, people have learned to cope in ways that have become stubborn, unhealthy habits. But there are positive steps we can take to reset a healthy lifestyle.

by Allison Aubrey

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March 9, 2022 5:59 PM

A look inside the 1st official 'safe injection sites' in U.S.

Two modest rooms in New York City are the first places in the United States where local officials are allowing illicit drug use to make it less deadly. Supporters see them as humane responses to a national surge in overdose deaths. Critics see them as illegal and defeatist.

by The Associated Press

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March 9, 2022 2:21 PM

The quality, cost and future of long-term care in Minnesota

COVID-19 hit nursing homes hard at the beginning of the pandemic and now many of them can’t find enough workers to care for vulnerable older adults. Host Angela Davis talked about the cost, quality and future of long-term care in Minnesota.

by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Sarah Gelbard