Often overlooked impacts of COVID-19: mental health stress, anxiety and fear
By Lee Egerstrom Minnesota health officials, the Mayo Clinic, and experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are voicing concern about how the novel coronavirus pandemic may be playing with your mind. Staff at the Mayor Clinic in Rochester put it this way: “The COVID-19 pandemic has likely brought many changes to […]
Food left on table: 150,000 eligible Minn. families missing out on $325 for pandemic food benefit as deadline nears
By Eddie Chuculate As the coronavirus has broken United States food-supply chains, and grocery stores in Minneapolis closed or disrupted due to rioting, free groceries offered by the state are being left on the table. The deadline to receive a one-time $325 Pandemic Electronic Benefit Grant, known as a P-EBT, is July 31. Families in […]
Native schools in Minneapolis prepare to open during pandemic, bemoan online learning hassle
By Eddie Chuculate Although American Indian schools in Minneapolis are awaiting a state mandate on reopening this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, a consensus is that distance learning will continue in some form – at least initially. Minn. Gov. Tim Walz is expected to announce measures in late July that will have schools either reopening […]
Dental care: Cautiously returning to a new “normal” for the foreseeable future
By Lee Egerstrom Putting health care on hold as precaution against the coronavirus pandemic was a balancing act for patients and medical specialists who had to weigh pain, obvious emergencies and routine medical checkups against what could be considered urgent or “elective” procedures or services. Dentistry was among them. Full dental services are coming back. […]