Gentrification pushes out St. Paul's West-Siders

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Economic pressures threaten waves of change on St. Paul’s West Side.

Community organizers and residents in St. Paul's West Side worry that a gentrification wave may leave many low-income residents with nowhere to go. On top of that, layers of crises are stacking up against longtime residents: the COVID-19 pandemic, a hot housing and rental market, and the fears of foreclosures and evictions. Some see rent stabilization as the answer, but not everyone’s on board.

A fifth of new COVID cases in the nation now involve children.

A year ago, COVID-19 cases in children made up less than 3 percent of the U.S. total. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics said children represented 22.4 percent of new cases. Experts link the trend to several factors – from particularly high vaccination rates among older Americans, to new COVID-19 variants and the loosening of restrictions on school activities.

COVID-19 vaccine for teens will soon get a green light from FDA.

The federal agency is expected to authorize Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for young adults age 12 and older by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year.

In Minnesota, COVID cases and deaths fall, so do vaccinations.

Active case counts are at their lowest since late March 31, but the current seven-day vaccination trend has also fallen to late March levels. That’s slowing the state’s efforts to reach herd immunity.

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