Here’s what we know about Minnesota’s model for predicting the toll of COVID-19
The model is designed to predict, in general terms, how different policies could change the rate of infection, giving the state more time to respond.
Health
The daily coronavirus update: 7 more deaths; case count up 91
Health
How the Minnesota Historical Society is collecting the history of COVID-19 as we’re living it
National
Skipped by federal stimulus payments: dependents over the age of 16
Artscape
Jazz Fest’s Steve Heckler: ‘We’re going to get through this, and jazz will go on’
Health
What does ‘recovered from coronavirus’ mean? 4 questions answered about how some survive and what happens next
Community Voices
The hope of spring in these unsettling times
D.C. Memo
D.C. Memo: Your trusted local news outlet
Second Opinion
The younger kids are when they start smoking, the more likely they’ll still be smoking in middle age, says U of M study
State Government
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon wants to have all Minnesotans vote by mail. GOP lawmakers are having none of it.
“I am diametrically opposed to the language that we’ve got before us,” said the ranking Republican on the Minnesota House’s elections subcommittee, Rep. Jim Nash. “I don’t think you’re gonna find a lot of support coming out of the GOP for this.”
Community Voices
Immigrants and citizens: We are all in the COVID crisis together
Yet immigrants, and especially undocumented immigrants, are far less likely to have health insurance and access to medical care.
Education
AP exams scheduled for May, IB exams canceled — and students left feeling torn
This is uncharted territory for all involved, and students still have lots of questions — and mixed feelings — about how this will all work out in the weeks ahead.
Eric Black Ink
Much depends on the choices Bernie Sanders’ ardent supporters make in the fall
Some Sanders socialists will lose interest, but I deeply hope that, at least in the swing states, they realize they are facing an all-hands-hands-on-deck emergency.
Community Voices
COVID-19 is forcing systems change in energy and transportation
The acute circumstances of this crisis are shedding light on how we must start thinking about our energy system for the long term: that is, having the will to remove systemic barriers to ensure that all Minnesotans truly benefit.
Second Opinion
Healthy lifestyle behaviors at midlife linked to lower risk of stroke in women
“We found that changing to a healthy lifestyle, even in your 50s, still has the potential to prevent strokes,” says Goodarz Danael, the study’s lead author.
Artscape
Meet MPR’s new president; National Theatre Live is on YouTube
ALSO: Cantus: The Covid-19 Session videos; #OperationReadAloud; NKB Art Sprawl (Virtual Edition #2); and more.
From Other Nonprofit Media
Mysterious heart damage, not just lung troubles, befalling COVID-19 patients
As more data comes in from China and Italy, as well as Washington state and New York, more cardiac experts are coming to believe the COVID-19 virus can infect the heart muscle.
State Government
What you need to know about Minnesota’s revised stay-at-home order
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Minnesota, the governor has extended the order until May 4.
