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Omicron will hit Minnesota schools like a ‘viral blizzard.’ We need to prepare for mass absences, building closures, and more.

by Becky Z. Dernbach January 7, 2022December 21, 2022

Minnesota made strides in 2021 to ensure vaccine equity.

by Joey Peters December 29, 2021January 6, 2022

Year Two of the pandemic: Which strategies helped Minnesota distribute vaccines equitably – and which didn’t.

by Joey Peters December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

Gift cards, flight vouchers, college-scholarship lotteries: Some Black health experts express second thoughts about Minnesota’s vaccine incentives.

by Joey Peters December 17, 2021December 17, 2021

Mayo clinic study shows people of color are less likely to receive a key treatment for a condition that causes the heart muscle to thicken.

by Joey Peters December 9, 2021December 9, 2021

STORIES FROM THE PANDEMIC

Bayan Research Center aims to define problems facing Somali Americans, provide data, and recommend solutions.

by Ibrahim Hirsi December 7, 2021December 9, 2021

Minnesota’s healthcare industry is short of workers. A gap persists in racial health outcomes. The University of St. Thomas thinks it can help solve both problems.

by Joey Peters December 3, 2021December 3, 2021

Worried about the Omicron variant of COVID? We called a Minnesota medical researcher for information, advice—and reassurance.

by Joey Peters November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

We asked a Minnesota family physician how to keep our families safe from COVID-19 this holiday season—without retreating into isolation (again).

by Joey Peters November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

Employers are offering raises, bonuses and training. In the midst of a surge in COVID-19 cases, Minnesota still needs tens of thousands more health care workers.

by Joey Peters November 19, 2021November 22, 2021

Last winter, Minnesota struggled to get the COVID vaccine to people of color. This fall, the state is trying to get the rollout right for kids 5–11.

by Joey Peters November 12, 2021November 15, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Everything kids and parents need to know about getting the COVID-19 vaccine: a video in Hmong, Spanish, Somali, Oromo, and English.

by Sahan Journal November 9, 2021May 7, 2023

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Wax kasta oo waalidiinta iyo carruurtu ay u baahan yihiin in ay ka ogaadaan tallaalka COVID-19.

by Sahan Journal November 9, 2021November 10, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Talaallii COVID-19 ilaalchisee wantoota maatiiwwaniifi ijoolleen beekuu qaban.

by Sahan Journal November 9, 2021November 10, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccine is finally available for Minnesota kids ages 5–11. Here’s how, where, and when to get a shot.

by Joey Peters November 5, 2021November 5, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Txhua yam uas niamtxiv thiab menyuam yuav tsum paub txog koob tshuaj tivthaiv tus kabmob COVID-19.

by Sahan Journal November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Everything kids and parents need to know about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

by Sahan Journal November 4, 2021November 4, 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE PROJECT

Todo lo que los niños y los padres deben saber sobre la vacuna COVID-19.

by Sahan Journal November 1, 2021November 4, 2021

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Racial disparities persist in drowning deaths.

by Andrew Hazzard September 27, 2021September 27, 2021

A Minnesota researcher thinks he’s figured out why Black populations die more often from colon cancer: screening and insurance.

by Joey Peters September 16, 2021September 17, 2021

COVID vaccination rates for Minnesota prison staff lag behind state averages by 21 percent.

by Joey Peters September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

Minnesota’s only prosthetic-maker of color has mastered many skills. One of the most important is listening.

by Joey Peters August 26, 2021August 27, 2021

COVID-19 Delta variant is hitting Minnesota’s Black communities the hardest. After an early summer lull, vaccination rates are starting to tick back up.

by Joey Peters August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

New Native-led grant program targets philanthropy inequity.

by Dan Kraker August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

‘I don’t want anyone to feel ashamed’: A young Somali woman overcomes disability and shows others the way.

by Joey Peters August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Delta blues: New CDC guidelines suggest vaccinated people mask indoors in some Minnesota counties.

by Joey Peters July 28, 2021August 6, 2021

Kham Su Lor was working too hard in his computer repair business, eating badly, and getting sick. Then he discovered his neighboring shop owner’s special tea.

by Joey Peters July 28, 2021August 3, 2021

Minnesota doesn’t know how many people with disabilities have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine. Advocates are using a federal grant to try to reach them.

by Joey Peters July 14, 2021July 16, 2021

In his doctor’s office, easygoing and attentive. In Minnesota state government, passionate about health equity and social justice.

by Joey Peters July 12, 2021July 15, 2021

Food

Judge finds Minnesota Department of Education in contempt for go-slow approach to meal program.

by Joey Peters July 2, 2021July 2, 2021

A small-scale event in Owatonna finds success among the vaccine-hesitant.

by Joey Peters June 17, 2021June 30, 2021

Friendship, Health, Community: Twin Cities Latino Cyclists on a Roll.

by Kathryn Styer Martinez June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

Black and Latino people in Minneapolis are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at half the rate of white people. We asked Minnesota’s vaccine equity director what’s going on.

by Joey Peters May 20, 2021May 21, 2021

Indian community in Minnesota holds fundraisers—and grieves—as COVID devastates families and friends overseas.

by Joey Peters May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

Food

Mekfira Hussein’s meal programs have been feeding 5,000 children a day in the Twin Cities. A state effort to discipline an intermediary nonprofit forced her to suspend operations.

by Joey Peters May 13, 2021September 20, 2022

How to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and anywhere in the Twin Cities.

by Joey Peters May 10, 2021May 11, 2021

COMMUNITY VOICES

Hanif: Minnesota has serious health inequities for people of color. Two bills now before the legislature could help fix that.

by Trinity Hanif April 30, 2021April 30, 2021

Asian health leaders in Minnesota fill information gap about COVID-19 death rates.

by Joey Peters April 27, 2021April 27, 2021

Anticipating possible unrest, pharmacies and clinics make contingency plans while awaiting Chauvin verdict.

by Joey Peters April 20, 2021April 20, 2021

Destroyed by fire and looted, a dental clinic reopens to care for underserved patients in south Minneapolis.

by Hibah Ansari April 19, 2021April 16, 2021

Minnesota mosques will be full during Ramadan. A vaccination campaign aims to protect Muslims from COVID-19.

by Joey Peters April 7, 2021April 9, 2021

For every disease, a cure: Minnesota imams lead by example—and the Qur’an—to battle vaccine hesitancy among the faithful.

by Joey Peters March 31, 2021April 6, 2021

Minnesota meatpacking plants have discovered a secret to vaccinating undocumented workers: Don’t ask for IDs and personal information.

by Joey Peters March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

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