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Is spring break in a pandemic giving you decision fatigue?  

Is spring break in a pandemic giving you decision fatigue?  

Spring break is coming up and people are deciding whether to travel or stay home as the CDC recommends. Host Angela Davis talks to a behavioral scientist and a mom blogger about why making plans in a pandemic is making your brain tired. 
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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1 shot or 2 shots? 'The vaccine that's available to you — get that'

1 shot or 2 shots? 'The vaccine that's available to you — get that'

As the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine rolls out, the health care community is trying to ward off misconceptions about it. The vaccine's one-shot feature may be what wins many over.
by Will Stone

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State data shows disparities in race, ethnicity of who's getting COVID-19 vaccine

State data shows disparities in race, ethnicity of who's getting COVID-19 vaccine

For people of color in Minnesota age 65 and older, the percentage of people receiving vaccinations is trailing slightly their share of the state's population. That's even as communities of color have seen higher rates of serious illness and death from COVID-19.
by Catharine Richert and Dan Kraker

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Reports: NY officials altered count of nursing home deaths

Reports: NY officials altered count of nursing home deaths

Some New York lawmakers are calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's impeachment after reports late Thursday that his top aides altered a state Health Department report to omit the true number of people killed by COVID-19 in the state's nursing homes.
by The Associated Press

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Senate resumes work on virus bill after jobless benefit deal

Senate resumes work on virus bill after jobless benefit deal

Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin have struck a deal over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party’s showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. 
by The Associated Press

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