Coronavirus

Good news out of Itasca County for the first time in a while regarding COVID cases in the area.

Vaccine clinics in St. Louis County will be available by appointment and walk-ins this week.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Lake County has had 37 people volunteer for more than 1,600 hours.

A giant batch of at-home COVID tests are headed to Michiganders in the coming weeks.

The action by the Food and Drug Administration means the agency has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review of Moderna’s shot as dozens of other long-established vaccines.

Trudeau said on Thursday that he was going into isolation for five days after finding out the previous evening he had been in contact with someone who tested positive.

Last week St. Louis County saw one of its highest weekly COVID case totals of the entire pandemic.

With a nationwide surge in COVID cases, many have turned to at-home testing to avoid the lines and long waits of lab-based PCR tests.

The two Illinois-based companies, called Center for COVID Control and the Doctor’s Clinical Laboratory, ran pop-up testing centers nationwide, including eight sites in Minnesota.

Just hours after Duluth announced a citywide indoor mask mandate, local businesses are preparing to enforce it in different ways.

This increased demand is why lawmakers like Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith are working to get tests back on shelves and available for free.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced Tuesday the next phase of the ‘Kids Deserve a Shot’ vaccine incentive program to encourage Minnesota families to get their kids ages 5-11 years old fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

St. Louis County health officials said November was the third most severe month of the pandemic, with more than 200 hospitalizations and 52 deaths.

Almost exactly one year after the first round of vaccines arrived in the Northland, health experts say things have come a long way, but there’s still work to be done.

The seven-day average for new infections in Wisconsin is more than 3,500, which is the highest it’s been in a year.

The five people are among a group of 12 who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are linked to a Nov. 27 wedding in Wisconsin.

They are the third Minnesota resident in that age group to die of the virus.

As many questions continue to circulate around the new Omicron variant, Northland health officials said a rise in the highly effective monoclonal antibody treatment is promising.

The School Board is expected to vote at a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 7.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced Wednesday it will be receiving federal aid from FEMA to administer COVID-19 prevention and treatment.

U.S. to ban travel from South Africa, 7 other African nations by non-US citizens beginning Monday due to COVID-19 variant.

There have been 863,439 cases confirmed since the start of the pandemic, 69,173 of which were just reported this November.

Wisconsin’s seven-day rolling average keeps rising Monday, exceeding the previously set 2021 high.

Essentia Health has expanded its eligibility for those looking to get a COVID-19 booster vaccine

Governor Walz is activating the Minnesota National Guard to form skilled nursing “response teams.”

Minnesota continues to have one of the highest rates of infection in the nation.

About 1.7 million Minnesota adults who have not yet gotten a booster are now eligible for their booster dose.

Minnesota recorded the highest level of new COVID cases in the country last week, just ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Itasca County health leaders made that announcement Friday afternoon.

"I don't think it's unreasonable to potentially anticipate something like the flu shot where we have to get it annually based on that virus transformation if you will," Heines said.