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How has the pandemic affected high school graduation and college entry?
Much of the attention on schools during the COVID-19 era has been on learning loss, measured by the drop in...
Social Impact
How has Congress responded to issues surrounding vaccinations?
More than a year after widespread COVID-19 vaccine availability in the United States, issues related to vaccines, including the need...
Restoring pandemic losses will require major changes in schools and classrooms, superintendents say
Though kids are learning this year, many have fallen even further behind grade level. Our new report—which draws from a...
What will it take to get to successful climate action?
It’s been 30 years since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was finalized and opened for signatures. Since...
Eric Clapton postpones some concert dates after testing positive for Covid-19 – CNN
CNN — Eric Clapton, the famed guitarist who has expressed skepticism about Covid-19 vaccine mandates and lockdowns, has postponed some...
Estrogen treatment linked to reduced COVID-19 mortality
Women who received prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with estrogen within 6 months of a COVID-19 diagnosis had reduced...
Interim statement on the use of additional booster doses of Emergency Use Listed mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 – World Health Organization
The World Health Organization, with the support of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization and its COVID-19...
FDA OKs Pfizer boosters in kids; WHO weighs in on second boosters
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today gave the thumbs-up to the emergency use of Pfizer COVID-19 boosters in kids...
U.S. government is offering free COVID tests again, as cases rise 57% from two weeks ago; FDA authorizes booster for children aged 5 to 11 – MarketWatch
The federal government is again offering Americans free COVID-19 test kits through the mail, allowing for up to eight more...
News Scan for May 17, 2022
Machine-learning models may detect patients at risk for long COVID-19Machine-learning models created by a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research...