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COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

The latest news, resources, guides and tips to help you stay up to date on the coronavirus pandemic.

Five years after COVID-19 lockdown, racial health disparities linger

Five years after COVID-19 lockdown, racial health disparities linger

People of color experience a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. In Minnesota, deaths from COVID-19 have been concentrated in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
by Nina Moini and Ellie Roth

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Minnesota homeschooling leaped during COVID and counts continue to climb

Minnesota homeschooling leaped during COVID and counts continue to climb

After Minnesota schools shut their doors at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 10,000 families decided to educate their children at home. Five years later, the number of homeschoolers statewide is even higher.
by Elizabeth Shockman and Craig Helmstetter

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Duluth looks to housing to revive stagnant, post-COVID downtown

Duluth looks to housing to revive stagnant, post-COVID downtown

Like Minneapolis, St. Paul and other cities around the country, Duluth hopes to revitalize its downtown through new housing, to bring new residents to an urban core that was abandoned by thousands of workers who didn’t come back to the office after COVID.
by Dan Kraker

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‘We haven’t moved on’ expert says grief from Minnesota COVID-19 deaths still linger

‘We haven’t moved on’ expert says grief from Minnesota COVID-19 deaths still linger

On March 13, 2020, Gov. Tim Walz declared the COVID-19 pandemic a peacetime emergency. Five years later, an expert says we still haven’t fully processed the lives lost to the pandemic.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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24 Minnesotans reflect on how COVID-19 changed their lives

24 Minnesotans reflect on how COVID-19 changed their lives

On March 13, 2020, Gov. Tim Walz declared the COVID-19 pandemic a peacetime emergency. Five years later, Minnesotans look back on the early days of the public health crisis and the mark it left on their lives.
by Nina Moini, Aleesa Kuznetsov, Ellen Finn, Alanna Elder and Ellie Roth

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COVID boosted efforts to track diseases in wastewater

COVID boosted efforts to track diseases in wastewater

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater sampling wasn't routinely done for public health purposes. But as the case number climbed scientists and public health officials saw the value of getting a sneak peek of where the virus was spreading, and where the next hot spot might be.
by Kirsti Marohn

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‘Identical patients’: A Minneapolis ER doc remembers the COVID-19 surge

‘Identical patients’: A Minneapolis ER doc remembers the COVID-19 surge

Dr. John Hick saw Minnesota’s busiest emergency department fill with patients, many struggled to breathe. Five years later, health care is still dealing with the pandemic’s aftermath.
by Erica Zurek

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Osterholm predicted a pandemic for years. Then the battle against COVID-19 became personal

Osterholm predicted a pandemic for years. Then the battle against COVID-19 became personal

Five years ago, news of a fast-spreading respiratory virus was making headlines in the United States. In Minnesota, public health expert Michael Osterholm was keeping close tabs.
by Catharine Richert

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