Artists, Activists Collaborate To Urge Communities Of Color To Mask Up
The "We Wear The Mask" campaign uses message and music to help get more people in communities disproportionately impacted by the virus to wear a mask.
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The "We Wear The Mask" campaign uses message and music to help get more people in communities disproportionately impacted by the virus to wear a mask.
With the first COVID-19 vaccinations happening overseas, the Minnesota Department of Health is preparing to include daily vaccination updates along with their daily COVID updates.
As the country prepares to roll out COVID-19 vaccinations once emergency use is authorized, health officials in Minnesota on Wednesday reported 4,539 more cases and 82 additional deaths. It's the third-highest daily death count recorded in the state so far.
New research from the University of Minnesota is shedding more light on how the COVID-19 pandemic has sharpened inequalities among the state's workforce.
The COVID-19 vaccine will be available to millions of Americans this month, but who qualifies depends on certain factors.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem defended her coronavirus response Tuesday in a budget address to lawmakers, laying out proposals to spend millions in excess funds after federal aid bolstered the state's budget.
The first wave of vaccines will arrive from Pfizer next week, will be delivered directly to 25 hubs (often hospitals) around the state, and will then be distributed to 118 smaller clinics.
According to Pfizer's data, 66% of participants experienced pain at the injection site after the second dose, 60% reported fatigue, 52% headaches, 35% chills and 2% vomiting.
"There's a lot in the community that are really hurting right now and we're all trying to figure out how to get by and make ends meet," resident Kim Phan said.
Forty-two kids in Minnesota have been diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (or MIS-C). That number has nearly doubled since this summer.
A day after Minnesota surpassed 4,000 overall deaths due to COVID-19, Minnesota health officials on Tuesday announced 22 additional deaths and 3,080 new coronavirus cases.
A group of Republican state lawmakers on Tuesday said they plan to propose a bill during the up-coming special session that would include teachers among those who will receive the COVID-19 vaccine first.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem spent the weekend traveling out of state to appearances in Texas and Georgia, as she continued to build a national profile among Republicans even as her state deals with one of the nation's worst outbreak of the coronavirus.
Doctors invited WCCO to see what it's like inside Regions Hospital, where nearly 90 patients are receiving care for COVID-19 right now. WCCO found some of them feeling grateful for a good outcome.
A total of 90 people with COVID-19 are receiving care in different wards at Regions right now.
The decision will make $14 million to $28 million available to teens across the state. A local group of students brought forward this issue to make a change.
Minnesota health officials reported on Sunday 5,588 new cases of COVID-19 and 64 additional deaths. At this rate, the state's virus death toll will likely surpass 4,000 in the next few days.
North Dakota has surpassed 1,000 deaths due to complications from COVID-19, with about half of the fatalities coming in just over a month, according to figures released Saturday by the state Department of Health.
The Department of Public Safety says their preliminary figures show 367 people have died on Minnesota roads this year so far. That's compared with 338 this time last year and 364 fatalities in all of 2019.
State leaders warn the community spread is impacting our long-term care facilities, and the ability to care for the people who live there.
The Mobile SUDS program is a first-of-its kind program comprised of peer recovery specialists and counselors who meet with someone seeking help to offer proactive support.
The top four leaders in the Minnesota Legislature expressed optimism Friday that lawmakers can agree on a new coronavirus relief package in time for a Dec. 14 special session, though negotiations on what should go into the aid package were continuing.
Minnesota health officials on Friday reported 5,371 new cases of COVID-19 and 61 more deaths. Meanwhile, the rates at which the virus is spreading and Minnesotans are being hospitalized for it have fallen over the last two weeks.
Despite fewer people driving on Minnesota roads this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota safety officials say more people have died in crashes so far this year than during all of 2019.
North Dakota lawmakers decided Thursday to require masks at the state Capitol, despite opposition by ultraconservative members of the Republican-controlled Legislature.
