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Albert Lea Mayo employee awarded Social Worker of Year award for region

Abigail Schaper is a licensed independent clinical social worker who works in the cancer center at Mayo Clinic ...

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Trinity Health to acquire all facilities, assets of MercyOne

Trinity Health and CommonSpirit Health announced Tuesday they have signed an agreement for Trinity Health to acquire all facilities and ...

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No new COVID-19 deaths reported in area; slight increase in cases reported

No deaths were reported in the area between Tuesday morning and Thursday, though COVID-19 cases continued to rise. ...

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COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in US

Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and ...

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2 new COVID-19 deaths reported in area counties; increase in cases reported

Two new area residents, one from Mower County and one from Steele County, have died from COVID-19 complications ...

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Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea and Austin named best hospitals by Newsweek

Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea and Austin have again been named one of the best hospitals in the ...

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Appeals court OKs Biden federal employee vaccine mandate

NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden’s requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was upheld Thursday by ...

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Mayo Clinic Health System announces $15M investment in Albert Lea campus

Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea leaders on Thursday announced a $15 million investment to the Albert ...

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US experts discuss COVID boosters for the fall and beyond

WASHINGTON — While many Americans are trying to move on with their lives after two years of the ...

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New COVID-19 death reported in Steele County

A Steele County resident between 60 and 64 died of COVID-19 complications, according to the update from health ...

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What’s next for COVID-19 in U.S.?

COVID-19 isn’t going away. Just ask Mayo Clinic Drs. John O’Horo and Matt Binnicker.  “As we’re looking at ...

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2 new COVID-19 deaths reported in the area

Two local residents have died from COVID-19 complications as of Thursday morning, one a Mower County resident between ...

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COVID pandemic’s end may bring turbulence for US health care

WASHINGTON — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. ...

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FDA OKs another Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster for 50 and up

Americans 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since ...

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Minnesota ending mail-in COVID testing, launches at-home rapid test program

The state of Minnesota says it is “sunsetting” its longstanding mail-order COVID-19 lab test program through Vault Health ...

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