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Minnesota drops racial formula to dispense COVID-19 treatment, other states still disfavoring whites

A nurse enters a monoclonal antibody site, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Minnesota's health department, under threat of a lawsuit, has removed race as a preferential factor in deciding which COVID-19 patients will receive monoclonal antibody treatments. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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Minnesota’s health department, under threat of a lawsuit, has removed race as a preferential factor in deciding which COVID-19 patients will receive monoclonal antibody treatments.

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