Health

Health
MN Senate GOP tries again to end COVID-19 emergency
Minnesota lawmakers were back in St. Paul Monday for the start of another special session triggered by DFL Gov. Tim Walz wanting to extend a peacetime emergency to address COVID-19. Senate Republicans again tried to end the governor’s emergency powers, but House Democrats back the governor.
Trump again casts doubt on Fauci as COVID-19 cases surge
President Trump shares a tweet from game show host Chuck Woolery, who claimed the CDC is lying about the coronavirus pandemic to hurt the president in November's election.
Minnesota health officials talk about ongoing response to coronavirus
Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm and the state’s infectious disease director, Kris Ehresmann, joined us for an update on the spread of infection and the state’s response.
CDC employees call out agency's 'toxic culture of racial aggression'
Pointing to the coronavirus's disproportionate impact on people of color, 1,007 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on the agency to declare racism a public health threat.
July 13 update COVID-19 in MN: As young adult cases jump, spread worries rise
People in their 20s are driving the latest confirmed case counts. State health officials Monday said they expect to see those young adult infections ripple through the state in coming weeks. Young people, one official noted, ‘don’t live in a vacuum.’
‘Excited delirium’ cited in Floyd case, and in other deaths involving law enforcement
Law enforcement officials say excited delirium usually happens to people who have been using drugs or who have a serious mental illness. It may be seen when a person is held in a chokehold, hog-tied, or Tasered, though some medical associations don't recognize the condition.
With mandate possible, here’s what to know about masks
Gov. Tim Walz is likely to decide soon whether to require Minnesotans to wear face masks in public to try to prevent the coronavirus pandemic in the state from getting out of control. Some people can’t stand the masks, which health officials say are critical to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Starting Monday, people who live in group homes and other congregate care facilities can once again attend day service programs. Many of those programs have been closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic.