COVID-19 Stories

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Top of Mind episode 2: Looking back on 2020 and forward to new initiatives

Top of Mind is a podcast series highlighting the issue of mental health at the University of Minnesota.

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Talking critically-needed blood donations with the U of M

U of M Medical School Professor Claudia Cohn explains why donating blood today is needed now more than ever and how choosing to give could equip those donors with new information about their exposure to COVID-19.

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COVID-19 vaccines, misinformation and attitudes

Professor Panayiota Kendeou and Associate Professor Emily Vraga, are available to comment about how the COVID-19 vaccines fit into the overall attitudes toward vaccination and how to address misinformation.

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Researchers discover new way to deliver DNA-based therapies for diseases

Polymers could be used to create less expensive gene therapies or vaccines for diseases.

Mfangano Island, Aimee Carlson, and Neamatallah Elsayed

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Students help provide COVID-19 information to remote island residents

Two students helped create and implement a COVID-19 information campaign for residents on an island off the coast of Kenya. And they did it all over Zoom.

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Developing vaccines and drugs 101 during a pandemic

Jason Varin with the College of Pharmacy addresses how vaccines and drugs are commonly developed and how this process has adapted during the pandemic.

A Hmong elder, dressed i purple with a knit cap and mask, looks down.

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Communicating with at-risk Somali, Latinx and Hmong elders

A U of M team breaches the language barrier to deliver vital COVID-19 information.

President Joan Gabel and Dr. Michael Osterholm

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Impact Leaders

A candid conversation with President Joan Gabel and Dr. Michael Osterholm about life amid COVID-19

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Talking COVID-19 vaccination attitudes with the U of M

Ana Núñez with the Medical School talks about why these attitudes exist and how they could limit access to certain communities, particularly people of color.

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The pandemic, economic stress and businesses

Akshay Rao, a professor in the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, is available to speak about the impact of COVID-19 on shoppers and companies.

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Talking holiday loneliness and how to cope with U of M

Sabine Schmid with the U of M Medical School explains how people can recognize and prepare for social isolation and loneliness during the holidays due to the pandemic or other social factors.

A man and a woman, both wearing masks, in a health care setting.

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More than a mask

Abdennour Abbas and his team at a textile startup company are creating face masks engineered to kill viruses like COVID-19 as soon as they make contact with the material.

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University of Minnesota establishes the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants and Migrants

U of M faculty William Stauffer and Shailey Prasad to lead the NRC-RIM.

A young woman with an M stocking cap holds up her saliva sample.

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U of M offers mass testing for COVID-19

The University of Minnesota is offering a free two-day saliva-testing event for the U of M Twin Cities community November 16 and 17 at the Field House in Minneapolis.