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Mayo Clinic to play key role in new nationwide program studying COVID-19 long-haulers

Mayo Clinic to play key role in new nationwide program studying COVID-19 long-haulers

Minnesota COVID-19 update: Thursday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Thursday
More than 200 Minnesota ICU beds in use due to COVID-19
More than 200 Minnesota ICU beds in use due to COVID-19
Northern Minnesota elementary school shuts down for 2 weeks due to COVID-19 outbreak
Northern Minnesota elementary school shuts down for 2 weeks due to COVID-19 outbreak
As COVID-19 vaccine mandates rise, religious exemptions grow
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, a woman holds a sign during a protest at the state house in Trenton, N.J. Religious objections, once used only sparingly around the country to get exempted from various required vaccines, are becoming a much more widely used loophole against the COVID-19 shot. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FDA strikes cautious tone ahead of vaccine booster meeting
A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Olmsted County likely at peak of second Covid-19 wave
Olmsted County likely at peak of second Covid-19 wave
Minnesota judge rejects attempt to force school mask mandate
Photo: AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File. In this Thursday, March 11, 2021 file photo, desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school in Nesquehoning, Pa. In the fall of 2021, vaccinated teachers and students should no longer wear masks inside school buildings and no one need bother with them outside, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, July 9, 2021, in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines.
Iowa posts 64 more COVID-19 deaths as cases continue to rise
Iowa posts 64 more COVID-19 deaths as cases continue to rise
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Wednesday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Wednesday
Mayo Clinic urges flu shots among rising Covid cases
Mayo Clinic urges flu shots among rising Covid cases
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Tuesday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Tuesday
Due to high community spread of COVID-19, contact tracers may not call you
Due to high community spread of COVID-19, contact tracers may not call you
Judge temporary order allows Iowa schools to mandate masks
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks to reporters following a news conference, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Reynolds lashed out at President Joe Biden Thursday after he ordered his education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that have blocked school mask mandates and other public health measures meant to protect students against COVID-19. Reynolds, a Republican, has signed a bill into law that prohibits school officials from requiring masks, raising concerns as delta variant virus cases climb across the state and schools resume classes soon. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Monday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Monday
Pine Island school nurse recognized by Time Magazine for work during pandemic
Pine Island school nurse recognized by Time Magazine for work during pandemic
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Friday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Friday
Gov. Reynolds responds to President Biden's new COVID-19 mandates
Gov. Reynolds responds to President Biden's new COVID-19 mandates
Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans
President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Washington. Biden is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Thursday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Thursday
United lays out employee rules as vaccine requirement looms
FILE - United Airlines employees work at ticket counters in Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, on Oct. 14, 2020. United Airlines said Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, that more than half its employees who weren't vaccinated last month have gotten their shots since the company announced that vaccines would be required. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Iowa sees 30 more virus deaths and more cases among children
Iowa sees 30 more virus deaths and more cases among children
Study: No link between increased risk of miscarriage and COVID-19 vaccines
Photo: AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico. A nurse prepares a shot of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 during a vaccination campaign Monday, Aug. 16, 2021.
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Wednesday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Wednesday
Walz to visit Rochester to highlight importance of in-person learning, vaccination
Walz to visit Rochester to highlight importance of in-person learning, vaccination
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Tuesday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Tuesday
More U.S. first responders are dying of COVID-19
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Mayo Clinic to play key role in new nationwide program studying COVID-19 long-haulers

Mayo Clinic to play key role in new nationwide program studying COVID-19 long-haulers

The NIH said combining new and existing research into one project will help accelerate the timeline of understanding and treating long-haulers.

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, file photo, front-line caregivers wait in line to receive a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 patients, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska's largest hospital, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, implemented crisis standards of care, prioritizing resources and treatments to those patients who have the potential to benefit the most. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

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