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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.

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How businesses selling lipstick and empanadas found success during the pandemic 

How businesses selling lipstick and empanadas found success during the pandemic 

What did it take to thrive as a small business over the last two years? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with women entrepreneurs who changed their path and flourished during the pandemic. 
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Few eligible families have sought federal payment of COVID funeral expenses

Few eligible families have sought federal payment of COVID funeral expenses

FEMA has a pool of cash set aside to reimburse burial costs — even retroactively — to the families of COVID victims. But clerical challenges and slow outreach have stymied the application process.
by Blake Farmer

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COVID-19 in MN: Caseload rise may be leveling off; ICU needs low, stable

COVID-19 in MN: Caseload rise may be leveling off; ICU needs low, stable

Cases continue to trend up but statewide wastewater data shows some hopeful signs that trend is throttling back. Hospitalizations are up, but the number of intensive care admissions and deaths remain low.
by Craig Helmstetter

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What COVID might look like in the U.S. once we reach the endemic phase

What COVID might look like in the U.S. once we reach the endemic phase

Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to President Joe Biden on COVID-19, shares what he thinks the endemic phase of COVID-19 will look like in the U.S. and how we can prepare for that stage now.
by Adrian Florido, Courtney Dorning and Elena Burnett

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Hmong health leaders stepped up as COVID ravaged community

Hmong health leaders stepped up as COVID ravaged community

COVID tore through Minnesota’s Hmong community in 2020. Today, the disease is mostly in check, with people of Asian ancestry boasting the state’s highest vaccination rate. What changed? Observers say a growing generation of young Hmong doctors, nurses and public health leaders recognized the threat and helped guide people to science-based answers.
by Peter Cox

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Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in U.S.

Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in U.S.

Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to the COVID-19 pandemic than white Americans. That's according to recent polls that reflect diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions decline.
by The Associated Press

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Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids

Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids

Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer.
by The Associated Press

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