COVID-19 News Sources
Items below are automatically aggregated from a variety of news sources. This collection of Minnesota and Twin Cities-related COVID-19 news items are taken from RSS tag feeds available on the sites available below. Sadly, only one of the four Twin Cities network channels—WCCO—has this capacity. If you see a news source that isn’t here but offers RSS tag feeds, please get in touch via the contact page.
- Minnesota wildfire interactive maps show scale of devastation
- Stanford professor turns his terminal cancer diagnosis into a class
- Woman on trial for killing 3 people with poison mushrooms takes stand
- Removing fluoride from water could cause 25 million cavities, cost $9.8 billion
- Why the FBI is calling the Boulder mall attack a "targeted act of violence"
- Apr 28: CBS News 24/7, 1pm ET
- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it move forward with layoffs
- Face the Nation: Cindy McCain, Jack McCain, For Country Caucus
- Bill Gates says most of his $200 billion fortune will go to Africa
- China blasts Trump's trade claims as markets react to new tariffs
- What we know — and don’t know — about who will be able to get COVID-19 shots
- A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO says
- Moderna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and COVID-19 shot
- A 10-foot microscope reveals big lessons about the tiniest threats to the human body
- CDC advisory group considers narrowing COVID vaccine recommendations
- Trump administration cuts funding for Minnesota research on vaccines, health care access
- What are people asking about COVID-19 – and what do doctors wish patients knew?
- Five years ago, COVID gripped the world in fear. Now scientists, doctors warn Trump’s policies are weakening public health
- Photos: The 5-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Long COVID is creating tension between doctors and patients
- Spiritually Speaking: The dynamics of fear and faith
- Jury selection begins for alleged ringleader of $250M pandemic fraud scheme in Minnesota
- Long-COVID patients are frustrated that federal research hasn’t found new treatments
- Bruce Yandle: Why we should stop waiting for the pre-COVID economy to return
- 5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
- Cory Franklin: Science journalists failed to ask Dr. Anthony Fauci the hard questions during the pandemic
- Respiratory viruses causing more illnesses in Minnesota, according to state data
- Trump chooses Stanford’s Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, outspoken critic of COVID interventions, to lead NIH
- Don’t throw out expired COVID-19 tests, FDA says
- Do I need a second dose of the new COVID-19 vaccine?
- Study: Severe COVID raised risk of heart attack, stroke as much as having heart disease
- Do at-home COVID tests actually expire?
- Here’s why getting a COVID shot during pregnancy is important
- Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after ‘nightmare’ COVID conditions, with little help
- Study shows how pandemic affected teen boys and girls differently
- It’s time to roll up sleeves for new COVID, flu shots
- New COVID-19 XEC variant circulating just before fall
- Lisa Jarvis: The best treatment for COVID is still too hard to get
- The technology used to make the COVID vaccine may be key to pancreatic cancer treatment
- The new COVID vaccine is out. Why you might not want to rush to get it.
- This year’s new COVID shot has been approved by FDA
- Long COVID ties heart disease for health outcomes. Vaccines reduce risk: study
- Long COVID risk has decreased but remains significant, study finds
- Cory Franklin: Anthony Fauci made mistakes during the pandemic, but prosecution isn’t warranted
- Do you have COVID? Here’s how long the CDC recommends you stay home
- ‘Playing COVID roulette’: Some infected by FLiRT variants report their most unpleasant symptoms yet
- Other voices: Monstrous COVID-19 frauds leave taxpayers holding the bag
- ‘You’re in a room of people that get it’: Long COVID support group navigates life after COVID together
- Another COVID vaccine? Yes, and here’s why
- Positive test not needed for long COVID diagnosis, experts conclude
Key Local Resources
- FREE TESTING
- GET VACCINATED
- Minnesota COVID-19 Situation Update - Minnesota Department of Health (MN DoH)
- Ramsey County COVID-19 Situation Update - Ramsey County
- St. Paul COVID-19 Public Information (Road closures, Free meal services, PPE donation locations, Testing locations, etc) - City of St. Paul
- Governor Tim Walz's Executive Orders
- Coronavirus Outbreak Information - Minnesota Department of Health (MN DoH)
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Ramsey County
- Advice for People at Risk for Serious Illness from COVID-19 - Minnesota Department of Health (MN DoH)
- Community-level strategies to slow COVID-19 - Minnesota Department of Health (MN DoH)
- Coronavirus Almanac Special - from Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), including a helpful "How to talk to your kids about Coronavirus" article
Key National Resources
- Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
- Center for Disease Control (CDC) - COVID-19 information
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation reports - Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Coronavirus: Fact vs Fiction - a helpful podcast from CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Key International Resources
- World Health Organization (WHO) - COVID-19 information
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) daily situation reports (global and by country) - World Health Organization (WHO)