Minnesota farmers who grow about 45 million turkeys annually will benefit from higher prices this year, according to agriculture experts.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says the price of turkeys has steadily increased as demand has risen following a year in which there were fewer family gatherings and restaurant traffic was down due to the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. regulators on Friday moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding the government’s campaign to shore up protection and get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that may worsen with the holidays.

The latest action stands to simplify what until now has been a confusing list of who’s eligible by allowing anyone 18 or older to choose either company’s booster six months after their last dose — regardless of which vaccine they had first.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must agree to expand Pfizer and Moderna boosters to even healthy young adults. Its scientific advisers were set to debate later Friday.

St. Thomas is offering an LGBTQIA+ literature course this spring, marking the first course in fifteen years with a focus on a specific group; English adjunct professor Melissa Hendrickx is pioneering the new curriculum.

Hendrickx sees the course as an opportunity for positivity and growth at a university where two prominent topics – LGBTQIA+ and Catholic discourse – mirror the greater society’s cultural clash. The class is in the process of being marketed widely across departments and campus.