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Vaccinated seniors navigate life in mostly unvaccinated rural America

Vaccinated seniors navigate life in mostly unvaccinated rural America

Vaccination rates in much of rural America remain low. But there's one demographic with rates consistently higher than the national average: seniors, many of whom remember lining up eagerly as children to get the polio vaccine.
by Kirk Siegler

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G-20 leaders to tackle energy prices, other economic woes

G-20 leaders to tackle energy prices, other economic woes

The presidents and prime ministers representing 80 percent of the global economy will confront a recovery hampered by an energy crunch that's spurring higher fuel and utility prices, new COVID-19 outbreaks and logjams in supply chains. President Joe Biden has said he wants to press other leaders on high oil prices.
by The Associated Press

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With record-high deaths, Moscow and other parts of Russia enter a partial lockdown

With record-high deaths, Moscow and other parts of Russia enter a partial lockdown

It marks an abrupt end to a sense of normalcy that had settled over Moscow. On Thursday, Russia reported 1,159 deaths in the previous 24 hours. The Kremlin blames Russians' reluctance to vaccinate.
by Charles Maynes

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Answering your COVID-19 vaccine questions

Answering your COVID-19 vaccine questions

Guest host Stephanie Curtis talks with two doctors about the latest vaccine news including shots for young children and COVID boosters, plus the latest public health guidance to limit the spread of COVID-19. And we get the latest news on the pandemic in Minnesota from MPR News senior reporter Catherine Richert.
by Stephanie Curtis and Samantha Matsumoto

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State panel deadlocks over how to give away $250 million in hero pay

State panel deadlocks over how to give away $250 million in hero pay

A task force that tried to reach a deal on hero pay for pandemic front-line workers adjourned without reaching a compromise. Instead, two plans for dividing up $250 million will be forwarded to the Legislature.
by Brian Bakst

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Why Puerto Rico leads the U.S. in COVID vaccine rate — and what states can learn

Why Puerto Rico leads the U.S. in COVID vaccine rate — and what states can learn

The highest rate of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States is not in a liberal-leaning Northeastern or West Coast state. It's in a place with a notably different political culture.
by Patrick Jarenwattananon, Ayen Bior and Sarah Handel

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