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COVID-19 spreads quickly. So does social media information—and misinformation—about vaccine availability.

by Joey Peters March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

When undocumented means unvaccinated: Some COVID-19 vaccine sites demand U.S. government-issued IDs from eligible Minnesota immigrants seeking shots.

by Joey Peters March 12, 2021March 19, 2021

The Wild Goose Chase: How one Latina’s search for a COVID-19 vaccine became a bureaucratic nightmare.

by Joey Peters March 12, 2021March 12, 2021

Skipping Walmart and Walgreens, Hmong COVID-19 vaccine drive makes first stop at Hmong Village.

by Joey Peters March 2, 2021March 6, 2021

For some Latinos, Minnesota’s new COVID-19 vaccine connector is more like a road to nowhere.

by Joey Peters February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

‘A huge death event in our nation’s history’: COVID-19 drives up mortality rates in Minnesota—especially for people of color.

by Joey Peters February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

Everyone agrees people of color aren’t getting the COVID-19 vaccine fast enough. How bad the problem is, and what to do about it are less clear.

by Joey Peters February 19, 2021February 24, 2021

BUSINESS & WORK

Tentative contract agreement gives Minnesota home care workers a 15 percent raise.

by Dan Gunderson January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

The Biden administration is likely to reverse ‘public charge’ restrictions on aid to immigrants. Confusion over the rules will remain.

by Joey Peters January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

Personal care assistants get $14 an hour in Minnesota to help people with disabilities. COVID-19 is making their jobs impossible.

by Joey Peters January 6, 2021January 5, 2021

New Minnesota COVID-19 hotline for immigrants and refugees answers questions in 13 languages.

by Joey Peters December 24, 2020December 23, 2020

These doctors from immigrant families are some of the first Minnesotans to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s what they want the rest of us to know.

by Becky Z. Dernbach and Joey Peters December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

POLICING & JUSTICE

COVID-19 outbreak at Kandiyohi County Jail threatens health of detained immigrants.

by Joey Peters December 9, 2020October 8, 2021

Remembering Minnesotans lost to COVID-19

COVID-19 claims life of Hmong American leader and Secret War veteran.

by Riham Feshir December 2, 2020December 16, 2020

COVID-19 is devastating Minnesota’s Latino communities. Here’s what that looks like for one family.

by Joey Peters November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

Access to medicine, food and supportive care: A clinic serving immigrant communities focuses on keys to getting people through the COVID-19 surge.

by Joey Peters November 20, 2020November 20, 2020

Somali health activist uses public storytelling to address private health problems

by Joey Peters November 20, 2020November 20, 2020

Minnesota Latinos ask for timely coronavirus information in Spanish—then get referrals to Google Translate.

by Joey Peters November 11, 2020November 13, 2020

When medical interpretation for immigrant patients goes remote, what gets lost in translation?

by Joey Peters October 26, 2020October 27, 2020

Cedar–Riverside has faced the COVID-19 crisis with limited clinic options. A newly reopened Health Commons promises expanded care.

by Joey Peters September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

The world’s first and only Hmong plastic surgeon helps his patients to reconstruct their lives. As a young refugee from Laos, David Thao started with himself.

by Joey Peters September 21, 2020September 21, 2020

The killing of George Floyd

When ‘do no harm’ means doing more: University of Minnesota residents press medical school to take tougher action against racism.

by Joey Peters September 11, 2020September 11, 2020

COVID-19 is a danger in any language. Minnesota is trying to share information in as many of them as possible.

by Joey Peters September 2, 2020September 3, 2020

Remembering Minnesotans lost to COVID-19

‘How many people have to die for our bosses and government to step up?’: Minneapolis union vigil marks the death of another immigrant frontline worker.

by Joey Peters August 24, 2020August 30, 2020

A Somali health advocate’s crusade against skin lightening, a vestige of colonialism, becomes a federal public health issue

by Joey Peters July 31, 2020August 30, 2020

Coughing, chest pains? Immigration detainees say they still can’t get a COVID-19 test in one Minnesota jail.

by Joey Peters July 28, 2020August 30, 2020

Everything you need to know about Minnesota’s new coronavirus face mask rule

by Joey Peters July 23, 2020August 30, 2020

Minnesota’s health department wants to reveal your positive COVID-19 test results to first responders—including immigration officials. What could go wrong?

by Joey Peters July 22, 2020August 30, 2020

Minnesota governor orders people to wear masks in restaurants, stores and most indoor spaces.

by Brian Bakst July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Hungry kids, empty fridge? You may be missing out on free boxes of healthy food and benefits for Minnesota residents during the COVID-19 crisis.

by Becky Z. Dernbach July 21, 2020July 21, 2020

The hunger crisis hits Minnesota—and it’s about to get much worse.

by Joey Peters July 21, 2020August 30, 2020

How this Muslim chaplain helps COVID-19 patients understand that God doesn’t hate them.

by Joey Peters July 7, 2020August 30, 2020

‘We lost everything’: COVID-19 and Lake Street fires shut clinics in south Minneapolis immigrant neighborhoods

by Joey Peters June 29, 2020August 30, 2020

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, dies of COVID-19 complications

by Joey Peters June 15, 2020August 30, 2020

As Minnesota immigrants watched the killing of George Floyd and unrest that followed, an unsettling reminder of traumas suffered back home

by Hibah Ansari June 8, 2020June 12, 2020

In healthcare work, African immigrants feel brunt of COVID-19

by Joey Peters May 27, 2020August 30, 2020

COVID-19 keeps doulas out of hospitals and turning to online services to support mothers giving birth

by Joey Peters May 6, 2020August 30, 2020

A Ghanaian doctor, trained in China, wants to help Minnesota fight COVID-19

by Joey Peters April 10, 2020August 30, 2020

Quarantined abroad: U.S. citizens in Kenya wait for word on when they can come home

by Abdirahman Mohamed April 8, 2020April 10, 2020

“It’s very scary”: ICE detainees express fear and anxiety as COVID-19 spreads in Minnesota

by Joey Peters April 6, 2020August 30, 2020

CULTURE & COMMUNITY

Faith in action: Muslims answer the call to make masks for health workers, patients

by Abdirahman Mohamed April 4, 2020April 6, 2020

Somali woman sews face masks for Minnesota health care workers battling coronavirus pandemic

by Abdirahman Mohamed April 3, 2020April 6, 2020

Catholic churches serving Latinos get creative during the COVID-19 pandemic

by Joey Peters April 1, 2020December 8, 2020

Volunteers at Hmong-owned City Tailor make masks for Twin Cities medical workers

by Joey Peters March 31, 2020September 25, 2020

Report from the front lines: A nursing assistant from Liberia describes working during the COVID-19 pandemic

by Joey Peters March 25, 2020December 8, 2020

‘Things are changing every hour’: Immigrant business owners in the Twin Cities grapple with coronavirus restrictions

by Joey Peters March 19, 2020December 8, 2020

Coronavirus, HEALTH

Xog cusub oo kusaabsan xaaladda koronofayras-ka ee gobolka Minnesota

by Sahan Journal March 18, 2020April 1, 2020

Coronavirus, HEALTH

Actualización sobre el Coronavirus en Minnesota

by Sahan Journal March 18, 2020April 1, 2020

Coronavirus, HEALTH

Coronavirus updates in Minnesota

by Sahan Journal March 18, 2020April 1, 2020

Coronavirus, HEALTH

Nthuav Qhia Ntxiv Txog Tus Kabmob Coronavirus hauv Xeev Minnesota

by Sahan Journal March 18, 2020April 1, 2020

Using long-held techniques from his native Mexico, local Latino man treats the aches and pains of his customers

by Joey Peters March 18, 2020December 8, 2020

Coronavirus, HEALTH

Koj yuav tsum paub dabtsi txog cov kabmob coronavirus

by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim March 15, 2020April 1, 2020

Coronavirus, HEALTH

Lo que debe saber sobre el coronavirus

by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim March 15, 2020April 1, 2020

Waxa aad u baahan tahay in aad ka ogaato koronafayras (coronavirus)

by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim March 15, 2020April 2, 2020

Coronavirus, HEALTH

What you need to know about the coronavirus

by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim March 15, 2020April 1, 2020

Coronavirus, CULTURE & COMMUNITY, HEALTH

Amid coronavirus fears, Asian grocery store ran out of beloved jasmine rice

by Riham Feshir March 11, 2020April 1, 2020

HEALTH, Immigration

Immigrants are leaving Minnesota’s public aid programs. Why?

by Joey Peters March 7, 2020August 30, 2020

Changes to the ‘public charge’ rule: 8 key questions, answered

by Joey Peters February 24, 2020December 8, 2020

Redefining beauty: Advocates work to make skin lightening a public health issue

by Tarkor Zehn February 12, 2020April 1, 2020

Intensive mental health help can help heal refugees fleeing war, Minnesota-based study finds

by Joey Peters February 7, 2020December 8, 2020

CULTURE & COMMUNITY, HEALTH

For struggling Minnesota Muslims, help is a phone call away

by Mohamed Ibrahim December 19, 2019April 1, 2020

Amazon pulls skin-lightening creams from site after demands from Minnesota activists

by Tarkor Zehn November 22, 2019April 1, 2020

Navigating MNsure — in Somali, Spanish and English

by Marcheta Fornoff November 21, 2019April 1, 2020

CULTURE & COMMUNITY, HEALTH

Hijabs for patients and medical staff: St. Louis Park hospital makes health care history

by Becky Z. Dernbach November 14, 2019April 1, 2020

CULTURE & COMMUNITY, HEALTH

Her mission: Get East Africans to stop smoking

by Riham Feshir August 2, 2019April 1, 2020