Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday.
On Dec. 8, 2020, a retired shop clerk in England received the first shot in what would become a global vaccination campaign. Over the next 12 months,...
The world changed for a lot of people this year on June 17th. Quite possibly the trajectory for at least a handful of kids has taken a divergent path and they will look back on this evening as the moment when it all started.
The catalyst for this change happened on stage at The Ordway in St. Paul, Minnesota when...
U.S. regulators on Friday authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week.
The Food and Drug Administration’s action follows its advisory panel’s unanimous recommendation for the shots from Moderna and Pfizer. That means U.S. kids under 5 — roughly 18 million youngsters — are eligible for the shots. The nation’s...
The world’s largest shipper of donated books to Africa held a fundraiser on June 8, where the goal was to break its own record and send 3.2 million books to the continent by the end of the year.
Books for Africa held its annual fundraiser at Town and Country Club in St Paul, Minnesota. The theme for this year’s event...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day before boarding a flight to the United States, ending one of the last remaining government mandates designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that the requirement will end early Sunday...
Black Violin performs at The Ordway in St. Paul next Friday, June 17th. Everything about this duo, Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus, flips expectations on its head.
They aren’t the first musicians playing contemporary violin on stage—think Boyd Calvin Tinsley with the Dave Matthews Band or Karen Briggs with Yanni.
They aren’t the first black classical violin players on stage either—think...
Minnesota’s online portal to apply for “hero pay” went live on Thursday (June 9) to accept applications from workers who stayed on the job at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The application period will be open for 45 days.
The legislature approved $500 million to be sent to health care workers, teachers, janitors, meatpackers, public transit worker that worked in...
Take a look at Femi Kuti’s tour schedule for the past two years. Steady gigs until July 2020 then silence. It takes twenty months for new shows to appear once again. As with nearly every musician on this planet, live-gigs were not happening for a very long time.
But now he’s back with his band The Positive Force, featuring his...
Moderna’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday.
COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in the fall to better protect people against future coronavirus surges.
Moderna’s preliminary study results show people given the combination shot experienced a higher boost in omicron-fighting antibodies...
Yesterday (May 31) was the deadline for candidates to file for elected city, county, statewide office as well as congressional races for the 2022 election cycle.
In Brooklyn Park, voters will be choosing a new mayor and a councilmember for each of the three districts, East, West and Central. Each district has two councilmembers serving staggered terms.
Three candidates have filed...
Saturday marked the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin. Mshale reporter Panashe Matemba-Mutasa compiled this photo essay from the George Floyd Rise Remember celebration, which took place in Minneapolis at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, where Floyd was killed.
