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January 4, 2021 8:13 PM

Faced with twin COVID diagnoses, in-home care provider and her centenarian client moved in together

When a personal care assistant and her 101-year-old client both came down with COVID-19, the two women faced a choice: Ride out the virus alone or survive it together.

by Catharine Richert

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January 4, 2021 6:15 PM

Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe

A Wisconsin pharmacist told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed the shots would mutate people's DNA, court documents show. Health experts say there is no truth to claims that the vaccines can genetically modify humans.

by The Associated Press

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January 4, 2021 5:49 PM

Minnesota health official says vaccine rollout hasn't been as bad as it seems

Kris Ehresmann of the Minnesota Department of Health says the holidays were a big reason that not as many people were vaccinated as had been planned.

by Ailsa Chang and James Doubek

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January 4, 2021 5:11 PM

Gov. Cuomo says NY is 4th state to find a variant coronavirus case

Cuomo says the patient is recovering. The governor also pledged not to receive the vaccine until Black, Hispanic and poor people do.

by Brakkton Booker and Laurel Wamsley

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January 4, 2021 4:47 PM

Answering your questions about COVID-19 vaccines and ‘long-haulers’

Two physicians discuss what recovery looks like for COVID-19 long-haulers and the safeguards used during the creation of COVID-19 vaccines.

by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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January 4, 2021 3:18 PM

NCAA says 2021 men's March Madness will take place in a bubble in Indiana

"The 2021 version of March Madness will be one to remember," an executive says, as the NCAA plans to convert the Indiana Convention Center into a massive practice facility.

by Bill Chappell

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January 4, 2021 6:32 AM

COVID-19 battle to color 2021 legislative session

A fresh session of the Minnesota Legislature kicks off Tuesday with some new faces but the same power structure and a now familiar pressing item atop the agenda: how to respond to a health pandemic that has cost thousands of lives and knocked the economy off-kilter.

by Brian Bakst

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January 4, 2021 6:04 AM

UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Britain on Monday took another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford University and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.

by The Associated Press

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January 4, 2021 5:33 AM

Jan. 4 update on COVID-19 in MN: Enough vaccine in state for health care workers at greatest risk

State health officials said Monday that Minnesota has received enough vaccinations to provide all health care workers designated in the first phase of vaccine schedules to receive their first doses. The news came as Minnesota reported 3,148 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 more deaths.

by MPR News Staff

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January 3, 2021 7:15 PM

Amid isolation and loneliness, elderly face crumbling safety net

While seniors are among the first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine, in many communities and states other safety nets in place to support the elderly are unraveling quickly.

by Sally Herships

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