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Health

Health
The pandemic isn’t over

The pandemic isn’t over

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says COVID-19 is now a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” Here’s what the fast-spreading delta variant means for the unvaccinated and the vaccinated alike.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Contraception is free to women, except when it's not

Contraception is free to women, except when it's not

The Affordable Care Act requires most insurers to cover a comprehensive list of Food and Drug Administration-approved birth control methods at no cost. But insurers often make it hard for women to get the products they want.
by Michelle Andrews

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Weight of thousands of Minnesota COVID deaths falls on those examining every one

Weight of thousands of Minnesota COVID deaths falls on those examining every one

Every day, a small team of Minnesota Department of Health employees have been the first to see the bleakest consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic — the death certificates of people old and young, from around the state and of every race who have succumbed to the virus.
by Catharine Richert

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Lax oversight, no-bid contracts and mysterious pricing: Inside the black box of COVID testing

Lax oversight, no-bid contracts and mysterious pricing: Inside the black box of COVID testing

More than a year into the pandemic, many details about COVID testing remain unclear to the public, including how much the tests will cost taxpayers and how effective they really are. Nowhere is that more evident than in Minnesota.
by Tom Scheck

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Hennepin County 'doubles down' on vaccine incentive program

Hennepin County 'doubles down' on vaccine incentive program

The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved an additional $250,000 to promote vaccine shots, on top of the original $100,000 that was allocated earlier from federal recovery funds.
by The Associated Press

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