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Robert Durst hospitalized with COVID-19, his lawyer says

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A lawyer says Saturday that New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19.

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In this March 2021 photo provided by Pfizer, vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for packaging at the company’s facility in Puurs, Belgium. Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday, July 8, 2021, that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.

Lawsuits demand unproven ivermectin for COVID patients

This Jan. 29, 2021, file photo shows the packaging and a container of veterinary ivermectin in Johannesburg, South Africa. At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the U.S., many in recent weeks by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin, a drug for parasites that has been promoted by conservative commentators as a treatment despite a lack of conclusive evidence that it helps people with the virus.

Cities, police unions clash as vaccine mandates take effect

Resilient shoppers push retail sales up 0.7% in September

A young customer looks at a Halloween mask at a Party City store, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Miami. Americans continued to spend at a solid clip in September despite rising prices and snarled global supply chains that are limiting the flow of goods. Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% in September from the month before, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday, Oct. 15.

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This Saturday, March 6, 2021, file photo shows vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Denver. Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to allow booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward shoring up protection in more vaccinated Americans. J&J said Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, it filed data with the Food and Drug Administration on giving a booster dose between two to six months after vaccination.

FDA panel endorses booster shot for J&J COVID-19 vaccine

A panel of U.S. health advisers endorsed booster doses of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine Friday, saying they should be offered at least two months after immunization.

MDH: 28 newly-reported COVID-19 deaths, 3,352 new cases

Of the total deaths reported on Friday, data shows that one death is from December, one from February, one from April, and one from May.

People hold a banner reading No Green Pass during a protest in Rome, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Protests erupted in Italy on Friday as one of the most stringent anti-coronavirus measures in Europe went into effect, requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass to get into their place of employment. The so-called “Green Pass” shows proof of vaccination, a recent negative test or of having recovered from COVID-19 in the past six months. Italy has required it to access all sorts of indoor activities for weeks, including dining , visiting museums and theaters and on long-distance trains.

Protests greet debut of Italy's workplace COVID pass rule

Protests erupted in Italy as one of the most stringent anti-coronavirus measures in Europe went into effect Friday, requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass to get into their place of employment.

Pfizer seeks European OK for child vaccines

In this Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, a vial of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 is shown at a one-day vaccination clinic set up in an Amazon.com facility in Seattle and operated by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.

Walz: National Guard on alert to support staff at long-term care facilities, new options for rapid testing

Made in India virus kits boost testing and local industry

Scientists work at Cellular and Molecular Platforms, or C-CAMP headquarters in Bengaluru, on Sept. 23, 2021. C-CAMP was tasked with conducting experiments and working with Indian manufacturers of medical technologies to produce indigenously built COVID-19 test kits and components under the C-CAMP InDx program with funding from The Rockefeller Foundation, and help from Tata Consultancy Services. The public-private partnership has helped more than 160 Indian companies to innovate, create mechanisms and collectively manufacture more than a million RT-PCR test kits per day.

FDA panel endorses lower-dose Moderna COVID shot for booster

A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna sits on a table top to be used in vaccinating employees in the first round of staff vaccinations at Rose Medical Center Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in Denver.

MDH: 25 newly-reported COVID-19 deaths, 2,919 new cases

Over 3.26 million Minnesotans have completed the vaccine series as of Thursday.

Nursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID burnout

First year nursing student, Emma Champlin, poses for a photo in her clinical laboratory class at Fresno State on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Fresno, Calif. Champlin said that like many of her classmates, she saw the pandemic as a chance to learn critical-care skills and to help at a time when those abilities are needed.

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Weekly COVID-19 positivity rate highest it's been in Minnesota since last year

In this April 28, 2021, file photo, medical staff attend to a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care ward of the Erasme hospital in Brussels.

FILE - In this July 1, 2021, file photo, a medical worker shows vials with Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in a medical room, at a vaccination center in the GUM, State Department store, in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Russians are flocking to Serbia to receive Western-approved COVID-19 shots. Although Russia has its own vaccine known as Sputnik V, the shot has not been approved by international health authorities.

Russia, WHO differ on when approval will come for Sputnik V

In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020 file photo, truck traffic from Canada waits to cross the border into the United States in Derby Line Vt. The U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The new rules, to be announced Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the U.S. regardless of the reason for travel.

US to reopen land borders in November for fully vaccinated

MDH: 24 newly-reported COVID-19 deaths, 2,388 new cases

Puerto Rico to lift pandemic curfew, ban on alcohol sales

Current restrictions prohibit certain businesses from operating between midnight and 5 a.m. and also bar alcohol sales during that time, two measures that will be lifted Thursday.

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, Pedro Pierluisi, then gubernatorial candidate with the New Progressive Party, PNP, arrives at Vivo Beach Club to celebrate a slim lead of the pro-statehood party in the Puerto Rican general elections, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Gov. Pierluisi has announced Tuesday, October 12, 2021, that he would be lifting a curfew and a ban on alcohol sales as the U.S. territory reports a drop in the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.

Texas order reflects growing GOP vaccine mandates hostility

With the governor of Texas leading the charge, conservative Republicans in several states are moving to block or undercut President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private employers before the regulations are even issued.

Rob Moore is the CEO of Salt Lake City-based Big-D Construction poses for a photograph Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Moore said he supports vaccines but has questions about the mandate rollout. He already has a worker shortage on his job sites, and he said employee surveys tell him that nearly 20% of his workers don't want to get inoculated, so they would need to be tested weekly.

Minnesota COVID-19 positivity rate hits vaccine-era high

The seven-day rolling average for the state's positivity rate continues to climb toward the high-risk category. The state draws that line at 10%.

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