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May 3 update on COVID-19 in MN: Active cases fall, but vaccination pace waning
Active case counts are at their lowest since March 31, but the current seven-day vaccination trend has also fallen to late March levels. That’s slowing the state’s efforts to reach herd immunity.
Minnesota businesses struggle with back-to-work plans
What will office space look like after the pandemic? Open-plan shared spaces may be the thing of the past and many people might be splitting their time between conventional workspaces and home offices.
India launches effort to inoculate all adults against COVID
In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday. But even in places where the shots were in stock, the country’s wide economic disparities made access to the vaccine inconsistent.
COVID 'doesn't discriminate by age': Serious cases on the rise in younger adults
With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who are still unvaccinated.
An artist and a scientist take on the stigma of addiction
The nation's top addiction scientist has teamed up with a prominent artist to let people know that substance use disorder is a disease, not a moral failure. "Prevention and treatment and recovery can't take place until we get rid of the stigma," artist William Stoehr says.
May 2 update on COVID-19 in MN: State nearing 2 million residents with completed vaccinations
Minnesota is nearing the milestone of 2 million residents with completed COVID-19 vaccinations — though public health leaders remain concerned about a flattening vaccination pace.
'It made my heart broke': Marshall first-graders, parents grieve loss of classmate to COVID-19
School community members this week grieved the loss of a first grader at Park Side Elementary School in Marshall. Many families navigated the loss — and helped their children try to make sense of it.