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It's time to recalculate your COVID 'risk budget'. Here's how

It's time to recalculate your COVID 'risk budget'. Here's how

The omicron situation seems to be changing so fast that it's hard to figure out which activities are safe on any given day. Two experts guide us through how to make a smart risk budget.
by Patrick Wood and Mary Louise Kelly

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Healing in the new year: Mindful medicines for stress

Healing in the new year: Mindful medicines for stress

This week, we turn our attention to the transition from 2021 to 2022 in a series of conversations with a group of powerful women who are all coaches and healers. On Wednesday, host Cathy Wurzer asked her guests about the tools, perspectives and spiritual practices they use to relieve stress.
by Cathy Wurzer and Melissa Townsend

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MPR News reporter Catharine Richert breaks down omicron numbers, new isolation guidelines

MPR News reporter Catharine Richert breaks down omicron numbers, new isolation guidelines

The omicron variant continues to make headlines worldwide with its rapid spread, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has loosened guidelines for isolating after testing positive. For more on how all this is affecting the pandemic in Minnesota, host Cathy Wurzer was joined by MPR News reporter Catharine Richert.
by Cathy Wurzer and Melissa Townsend

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New CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts

New CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts

Cutting the isolation for positive cases to five days could lead to more infections if people don't take masking seriously. Experts including Minnesota infectious disease specialist Michael Osterholm say a testing requirement would have made the policy safer.
by Pien Huang and Catharine Richert

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Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families

Black-owned hospice seeks to bring greater ease in dying to Black families

Black patients and their families are less likely to sign up for end-of-life comfort care. To reach them, investors are starting hospice agencies run by people who look like the patients they serve.
by Blake Farmer

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U.S. move to shorten COVID-19 isolation stirs confusion, doubt

U.S. move to shorten COVID-19 isolation stirs confusion, doubt

U.S. health officials’ decision to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts and could create confusion among many Americans.
by The Associated Press

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