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Minnesota playing catch-up to get seniors of color vaccinated

Minnesota playing catch-up to get seniors of color vaccinated

Minnesota is trying to bridge two issues at once — getting as many older people vaccinated as quickly as possible, while also making sure racial and ethnic communities hardest hit by the virus have access to vaccines.
by Peter Cox

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Photos: Portrait project highlights community connections during the pandemic

Photos: Portrait project highlights community connections during the pandemic

Katie Howie has photographed more than 115 people for her project, “By a Thread: Pandemic Portraits.” She describes the project as a living history because the people she photographs also share thoughts about their lives during the pandemic. 
by Christine T. Nguyen

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You think the U.S. has COVID vaccine issues? 130 countries haven't even started vaccinating

You think the U.S. has COVID vaccine issues? 130 countries haven't even started vaccinating

In some countries, people are grumbling about the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. But there are 130 countries that "are yet to administer a single dose," according to UNICEF. That's 2.5 billion people who have been shut out of the global vaccine campaign.
by Jason Beaubien

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Doctors who say no to opioid use face threats from patients

Doctors who say no to opioid use face threats from patients

Doctors who treat pain say threats of violence escalated markedly in recent years as mounting legal and regulatory pressure stemming from the deadly opioid epidemic led many to prescribe alternatives and taper their patients off addictive painkillers.
by The Associated Press

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Where did the flu go? Homebound kids shape a mild season

Where did the flu go? Homebound kids shape a mild season

Measures like masks and social distancing have kept the flu in check this season, said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University. But Schaffner says there's more to it: Kids — habitual superspreaders — are staying home.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Emma Bowman

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Feb. 14 update on COVID in MN: Nearly 12 percent of Minnesotans have at least one vaccine dose

Feb. 14 update on COVID in MN: Nearly 12 percent of Minnesotans have at least one vaccine dose

Nearly 12 percent of Minnesota residents have now received at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, as the pace of vaccinations in the state has ticked upward in recent days.
by MPR News Staff

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Average daily U.S. virus cases dip below 100K for 1st time in months

Average daily U.S. virus cases dip below 100K for 1st time in months

The average daily number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months, but experts cautioned that infections remain high and precautions to slow the pandemic must remain in place.
by The Associated Press

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Music therapy brings solace to COVID-19 patients and healers

Music therapy brings solace to COVID-19 patients and healers

Even when forced online by the pandemic, music therapy sessions continue to help patients in some ways talk therapy can't. "Music is this portal — this instrument that the brain connects with," says one therapist and COVID-19 long-hauler.
by Elizabeth Blair

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Coronavirus FAQs: If I have no post-vaccine pain, is it working? Plus: Goat dilemma!

Coronavirus FAQs: If I have no post-vaccine pain, is it working? Plus: Goat dilemma!

Readers are asking about vaccine protocols, the safest way to take off a mask and whether it's risky to engage in therapeutic cuddling sessions with goats.
by Maria Godoy, Pranav Baskar and Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

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Bemidji pharmacy's first day of COVID vaccinations offers glimpse of hope — and a step toward normalcy

Bemidji pharmacy's first day of COVID vaccinations offers glimpse of hope — and a step toward normalcy

Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout has hit another milestone: People are now getting vaccinated at their local retail pharmacies. And with appointments opening up at some Thrifty White, Walmart and Walgreens pharmacies, it’s one step closer to normalcy.
by John Enger

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