Remote work declines as unemployment remains low, new data show
People who once worked from home are now heading back to the office, according to new data.
Waiting on a Minnesota 'hero check?' It's getting smaller
More than 901,000 people have applied for frontline worker bonus pay in Minnesota, far more than state officials anticipated.
2 Twin Cities COVID testing sites adding antiviral drug treatment options
Testing locations at the MSP Airport and St. Paul-Midway are adding on-site antiviral treatment options for high-risk patients who test positive for COVID-19.
Minnesota opens appointments for younger children to get COVID-19 vaccine
The state of Minnesota is making appointments available for children ages six months to 5 years old to get COVID-19 vaccines, after the CDC gave final approval for that age group last week.
COVID-19 vaccine for young children in Minnesota: Locations, appointment information
COVID-19 vaccines could be available for Minnesotans ages 6 months to 5-years-old as early as next week.
Frontline worker bonus pay applications now open, early hours face challenges
Hundreds of thousands of workers who were on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota can now sign up for a $500 million pool of bonus checks.
Surveillance shows drop in COVID viral load in Twin Cities sewage
Wastewater surveillance shows there has been a drop in the viral load of COVID-19 in Twin Cities sewage, suggesting COVID-19 cases will begin trending lower.
COVID antiviral drug more available, test-to-treat sites open in Minnesota next week
The White House on Thursday announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread over the summer travel season.
COVID treatment will soon cost you
At the start of the pandemic, policymakers enacted changes to increase access to COVID treatments and help health care systems better deal with the crisis. But as the virus moves out of the pandemic phase, those programs are being eliminated.
New COVID-19 community testing site announced, two will close
Two metro area COVID-19 testing sites will consolidate into one new location as the demand for testing continues to decrease more than two years into the start of the pandemic.
University of Minnesota drops mask mandate
The University of Minnesota announced that masks will no longer be required in classrooms beginning Thursday, a day after spring semester ends.
Nearly 15M deaths associated with COVID-19, World Health Organization says
Scientists estimate there were between 13.3 million and 16.6 million deaths that were either caused directly by the coronavirus or were somehow attributed to the pandemic’s impact on health systems.
