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What You Need to Know COVID-19 vaccines are available for everyone at no cost. Vaccines were paid for with taxpayer dollars and will be...

After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizes a vaccine for emergency use or approves a vaccine, experts continue to...

Safer Activities for You and Your Family If you are fully vaccinated, you can participate in many of the activities that you did before...

Minnesota leads Midwest in state fair vaccinations [ST. PAUL, MN] — Today, Governor Tim Walz announced that more than 1,000 Fairgoers...

Children 12+ and families encouraged to get vaccinated for a safe and healthy school year [ST. PAUL, MN] — Today, Governor Tim Walz and...

Listen to their questions with empathy COVID-19 vaccines are new, and it’s normal for people to have questions about them. The sheer...

Staying home with only members of your household is the best way to keep SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) particles out of...

What You Need to Know Although the overall risk of severe illness is low, pregnant people and recently pregnant people are at an...

Medical Conditions in Adults This list is presented in alphabetical order and not in order of risk. CDC completed an evidence review...

COVID-19 vaccines are effective and are a critical tool to help bring the pandemic under control. However, no vaccines are 100% effective...

Contraindications and precautions to COVID-19 vaccines are described below and summarized in Appendix B. For the purposes of this...

[ST. PAUL, MN] — Today, Governor Tim Walz announced that the State of Minnesota will offer $100 Visa gift cards on site to Minnesotans...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...

Summary: In April 2020, early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, a COVID-19 outbreak temporarily shut down the JBS pork plant in Worthington,...

Is it safe for me to get a COVID-19 vaccine if I would like to have a baby one day? Yes. If you are trying to become pregnant now or want...

Routine Medical Procedures and Screenings Most routine medical procedures or screenings can be performed before or after getting a...

The Minnesota Department of Health issued this statement following today’s announcement by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Older adults and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for severe illness from...

Hey Minnesota, this is your chance to get $100 to keep yourself, your friends and family, and your community safe from COVID-19!...

Planning Vaccination Outreach Work with partner organizations that serve older adults and people with disabilities, such as state...