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A University of Minnesota study of COVID-19 in grocery store workers could help solve vexing questions about the true spread of the infectious disease and guide state strategies to slow it down before the vaccine is broadly available.
Public health Prof. Craig Hedberg is recruiting 1,000 grocers from across Minnesota to mail self-collected blood samples to see if they contain antibodies in response to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Patterns in the positive results by worker type and geographic location will offer important clues, he said. Understanding patterns of community spread and understanding what prevention measures seem to be effective at helping to limit that spread are going to remain important for the next months and probably the next couple years, Hedberg said.
This summer, the COVID-19 ward at Bemidji’s Sanford hospital was empty and had been for weeks.
It was Dr. Ramy Abdelfattah’s job to prepare the hospital for an influx of patients to brace for the first wave and then help care for them.
By fall, the cases had started coming. Soon the unit was full. The hospital had to double the size of its critical care unit.
Things got progressively worse, Abdelfattah said, one week after another.
Early this month, the hospital was treating 35 COVID patients at once its highest number yet.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Abdelfattah said, he’s watched 30 patients die of COVID-19. Over the past six months, he said, there has been very little to be optimistic about.
Of three recent injury crashes in Hubbard County, two happened on Sunday, Dec. 6.
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Injuries were reported in three recent crashes in Hubbard County, two of them occurring on Sunday, Dec. 6.
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According to a Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) incident report, a single-vehicle accident was reported at approximately 7:27 a.m. Dec. 6 on State Hwy. 200 at County Road 30, Lakeport Twp.
The crash occurred when an eastbound 2006 Ford Escape, lost control at a corner, went into the north ditch and rolled.
The driver, Rachel Jane Palmer, 22, of Laporte, sustained injuries described as non-life threatening, but was not hospitalized. Palmer was wearing a seat belt during the accident, and the airbag deployed.
COVID-19 numbers continue to drop in Cass County as vaccine shipments arrive walkermn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from walkermn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
[ST. PAUL, MN] – The first COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrived in Minnesota today at four sites across the state: Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, Olmsted Medical Center, and Cass Lake Indian Health Services. Governor Walz visited the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center this morning to greet the very first shipment’s arrival in Minnesota. Pool photos of the first shipment arriving in Minneapolis this morning are available on the AP wire or by emailing aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com
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“This is an exciting day for Minnesota,” said Governor Tim Walz. “The first vaccines are here. They are safe, and they will be ready to go soon. The sun is coming up, Minnesota”