American Legion Donates $18K For iPads To Connect Vets At VA Medical Center To Family, Friends
The iPads can also be used by COVID-19 patients to talk to their nurse or doctor to prevent possible exposure to the virus.
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The iPads can also be used by COVID-19 patients to talk to their nurse or doctor to prevent possible exposure to the virus.
For a district to reopen, it first has to look at the COVID-19 case numbers in its county for the last two weeks. That determines whether it can open for full in-person learning.
The St. Paul district will begin the school year with 100% distance learning, joining Minneapolis in staying completely online at least to start the year.
After getting a cough and fever, Bernie Goldblatt went for a COVID test on April 1. The 68-year-old was immediately put into an ambulance and rushed to the hospital.
Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday that each local school district will have the authority to make a decision on which school-learning model to implement for the 2020-21 school year, with guidance from health officials.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday issued a statewide mask mandate amid a spike in coronavirus cases, setting up a conflict with Republican legislative leaders who oppose such a requirement and successfully sued earlier to kill a "safer at home" order.
Just hours before the governor's expected update on the upcoming school year, health officials on Thursday morning reported that more than 1 million COVID-19 tests have been completed so far in Minnesota.
The President is threatening to withhold classroom funding in schools that don't reopen.
Indoor bar areas, including those in restaurants, must close starting on Aug. 1.
As parents and students await the governor's decision about school this fall, many are looking into a new phenomenon for education.
Though the Wild team members can't get into the hospital, "we're just excited about maybe putting a smile on a face," said Walz.
Janet was moved to St. Therese in New Hope to recover, the site of what would become one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the state. Three weeks later, Janet went home. She died days later.
Gov. Tim Walz planned to visit a suburban Minneapolis packaging facility Wednesday to publicize the state's effort to distribute 4 million masks as confirmed cases of the coronavirus continued to edge slowly upward.
In the last few months, COVID-19 has drastically changed our norms. While everyone is social distancing, masking up and wiping down every door knob in a three-mile-radius, what about the germ magnets we all keep glued to our finger tips; our cell phones.
A day before an update is expected on school plans for the fall, state health officials on Wednesday announced nine more COVID-19 deaths and 681 additional confirmed cases.