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Our Best Shot: Fact-checking claims about COVID vaccines and fertility Medical experts agree: There's no evidence the immunization causes infertility.  By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune May 8, 2021 — 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: A worried reader's e-mail launched this addition to the Star Tribune Editorial Board's "Our Best Shot" series addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. A much-loved uncle resides in a rural Minnesota nursing home, the reader messaged. While almost all residents there have been immunized, only 70% of sta...

Our Best Shot: Cost is not a reason to avoid getting a COVID shot The shot is free. But stubborn, mistaken worries remain about being billed.  By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune April 24, 2021 — 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: • • • The COVID-19 vaccine is free. For patients, there are no out-of-pocket expenses. No copay. No coinsurance. No office visit fee. No bill even if you haven't met your annual deductible. It doesn't matter if you have health insurance or you don't. Or if you're a senior enrolled in Medicare. Or i...

The totals include 14 more deaths and 949 infections reported Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Health. M Health Fairview announced that it was offering shots to patients 65 and older, an expansion from its prior cutoff of 70 or older. St. Cloud-based CentraCare also announced that patients 65 and older were eligible and unveiled a new online registration option. "Over the last week, we are pleased to see our vaccine supply increase and we are now able to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone in those first priority groups, including those aged 65+, who want to receive it," said Dr. Ge...

Minnesota's first COVID-19 vaccines arrived Monday at four different locations across the state.  Those sites included the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, Olmsted Medical Center and Cass Lake Indian Health Services. Future vaccine distribution will go through a series of hubs across the state, including one in St. Cloud, according to information shared by the Minnesota Department of Health on Monday.  Minnesota expects to receive 46,800 units of the vaccine this week, according to state health officials on a Monday call with reporters.  "This i...