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Copy shortlink: Minnesota pharmacies and health care providers are asking to be tapped to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine as residents clamor for a coveted appointment at one of just nine administration sites scattered across the state. "Pharmacies are eager to administer the COVID vaccine," said Sarah Derr, executive director of the Minnesota Pharmacists Association, who told a Minnesota Senate health committee Wednesday that nearly 560 pharmacies have registered to be vaccine providers. "Pharmacies are currently a little frustrated as they have not heard of any plans...

HealthPartners longtime infectious disease specialist Dr. Mark Sannes is answering some of your questions.

Copy shortlink: More than a month after shipments of a promising new COVID-19 treatment started arriving in Minnesota, most of the doses haven't been used even though doctors initially feared demand would far outstrip supply. State health officials say some medical centers have reported a surprising lack of patient interest in the outpatient antibody therapy, which might help people avoid hospitalization, but requires an hourlong infusion. Health systems also have struggled to create a process for providing the treatment, since resources have been stretched thin as the...

Copy shortlink: More than 84,000 people as of Tuesday morning had received first shots of COVID-19 vaccine in Minnesota, where extra doses in vials have stretched the limited initial supply. HealthPartners reported squeezing six doses out of almost all five-dose vials of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, meaning that its initial allotment of 10,000 doses by week's end could provide as many as 12,000 shots for doctors, nurses and other providers. "It's possible we will have a larger number of vaccinations than what our allocation would otherwise be on paper," said Dr. Mark Sanne...

As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, facemasks will still be essential December 20, 2020 — 8:08pm Text size Copy shortlink: Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 won't provide immunity from the public health directives to wear a cloth face mask in public. "We are going to be in this mask phase well into 2021," predicted Dr. Anthony Harris, associate medical director at occupational health firm WorkCare. "It won't be until fall of next year that you'll begin to see masks not being a part of our normal day-to-day, at the earliest." The U.S. Food...