As of Thursday, June 30, 2022, the Minnesota Department of Health will update COVID-19 data weekly on Thursdays at 11 a.m. with data on the Tuesday prior, unless noted otherwise.
Since Paxlovid became available seven months ago, it has eclipsed other available therapies created to forestall life-threatening COVID symptoms in high-risk patients. Some doctors are quick to prescribe it, but as with so much about the COVID pandemic, there is controversy. Some patients are concerned about a possible rebound of the disease, while others have difficulty convincing their doctors they are good candidates for the drug.
"They could and they should" say reproductive health care advocates on whether abortion care should expand beyond established practice within family planning clinics and into health systems.