As cases surge, nursing home inspectors not routinely tested
State Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said the agency intends to start testing staffers who visit long-term care facilities.
Another plea for college COVID safety amid more Minn. deaths
Retreat to online classes at three U.S. universities has Minnesota health officials tripling down on their call for caution by local students this fall.
Faculty of UMD's largest college threatens to teach online only
They want the campus better prepared for COVID-19.
Minnesota has 17 COVID deaths in highest one-day spike since June
The one-day jump in deaths and hospitalizations came amid other positive signs that the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic might be cresting.
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As the novel coronavirus spreads across the world, we've answered reader question about what they most want to know about the outbreak.
MOA, behind on its mortgage, reaches deal to avoid foreclosure
The mall reopened in June and is slowly getting back to normal with the majority of its stores and its indoor theme park Nickelodeon Universe currently open. But the mall's owner is several months late on the mall's $1.4 billion mortgage.
Target sees historic quarterly sales jump
Added to skyrocketing digital sales, more people also started to shop in person again, resulting in a 24.3% increase in sales for May, June and July.
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Iowa governor's push to reopen schools descends into chaos
An aggressive push by Iowa's pro-Trump governor to reopen schools amid a worsening coronavirus outbreak has descended into chaos, with some districts and teachers rebelling and experts calling the scientific benchmarks used by the state arbitrary and unsafe.
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COVID-19 study finds racial disparity in hospitalizations in Minnesota
A new study finds that African-Americans in Minnesota and 11 other states are being hospitalized for COVID-19 at a rate that exceeds their share of the population.
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Trump downplayed the likelihood of severe illness from the coronavirus among young people, saying it was comparable to the "seasonal flu."
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