A free webinar, “Empowering Families: Strengthening Youth Mental Health,” will be hosted by Mayo Clinic Health System in response to increased anxiety and depression symptoms in people since the pandemic. Janice Schreier, a clinical therapist at Mayo Clinic Health System, will present ...

WASHINGTON — To help struggling taxpayers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service issued an Aug. 24 notice which provides penalty relief to most people and businesses who file certain 2019 or 2020 returns late. The IRS is also taking an additional step to help those ...

COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna's technology in order to make their own vaccine. Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine Comirnaty infringes on patents Moderna filed several years ...

After federal waivers that provided school meals for all during the pandemic were not renewed, more than half a million Minnesota students and families will be going back to paying for school breakfast and lunch for the first time in two years. One in six children in Minnesota face food ...

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring, the company announced Tuesday. Vaccinations for babies, toddlers and preschoolers opened in the U.S. in June after months of delay. Only about 6% of youngsters ages 6 months ...

SLEEPY EYE — First- through eighth-grade students began school Monday at Sleepy Eye Public Schools. “Summer was nice, but we’re excited to have the kids back for another school year,” said superintendent John Cselovszki. “The custodians did a wonderful job getting the school ready. ...