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Hallberg's Picture of Health

Round 2: Dr. Hallberg answers your coronavirus questions

Round 2: Dr. Hallberg answers your coronavirus questions

With limited testing, how will the state know the full scope of COVID-19? If you’re infected by breathing the virus in, why wash your hands? Can sunlight decontaminate face masks? Dr. Jon Hallberg answers some audience questions about COVID-19.
by Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg

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Insurers expanding telehealth coverage as pandemic forces doctors to improvise

Insurers expanding telehealth coverage as pandemic forces doctors to improvise

Dr. Jon Hallberg says insurers are covering remote checkups that they wouldn’t have a month ago. He also answers our questions on face masks and hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to treat lupus and prevent malaria.
by Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg

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Sign of the times: Patients increasingly requesting refills for anxiety and asthma meds

Sign of the times: Patients increasingly requesting refills for anxiety and asthma meds

Our weekly medical analyst, Dr. Jon Hallberg, says many people who don’t have chronic asthma are requesting asthma medications, fueling concern about a potential shortage of the drugs.
by Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg

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How doctors are handling COVID-19 calls amid test shortage

How doctors are handling COVID-19 calls amid test shortage

State health officials are still telling doctors to limit who they test for COVID-19. MPR’s weekly medical analyst, Dr. Jon Hallberg, shares how his clinic is working with patients who have symptoms of the disease.
by Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg

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Doctors cancelling routine visits, elective procedures to limit spread of coronavirus

Doctors cancelling routine visits, elective procedures to limit spread of coronavirus

Like most doctors’ offices right now, things are changing rapidly in Dr. Jon Hallberg’s downtown Minneapolis clinic. But we did connect via phone, and he says the biggest thing right now is prioritizing who he and his colleagues see.
by Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg

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COVID-19 brings disinformation war to health care

COVID-19 brings disinformation war to health care

The director of the World Health Organization recently said, “we’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic,” when it comes to the COVID-19 coronavirus.
by Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg

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When you — or your coworker or that lady on the bus — can transmit a cold or flu virus

When you — or your coworker or that lady on the bus — can transmit a cold or flu virus

We’re still in cold and flu season. And for weeks now at work, school, and on the bus, you might be wondering whether that person coughing over there is making you sick.
by Tom Crann and Dr. Jon Hallberg

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