COVID-19 Updates
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School Decision-Making Tool for Parents, Caregivers, and Guardians
Many parents, caregivers, and guardians face new and difficult choices about how their child will return to school in the fall, such as deciding between in-person and virtual learning. This…
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Guidance for K-12 School Administrators on the Use of Cloth Face Coverings in Schools
CDC suggests that all school reopening plans address adherence to behaviors that prevent the spread of COVID-19. When used consistently and correctly, important mitigation strategies, cloth face coverings are important to…
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The Importance of Reopening America’s Schools this Fall
As families and policymakers make decisions about their children returning to school, it is important to consider the full spectrum of benefits and risks of both in-person and virtual learning…
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Preparing K-12 School Administrators for a Safe Return to School in Fall 2020
Schools are an important part of the infrastructure of communities and play a critical role in supporting the whole child, not just their academic achievement. This guidance is intended to…
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FAQs for Medicolegal Death Investigators
If the decedent is suspected to have had COVID-19, it is prudent to assume others in the building where the death occurred could be infected. In addition, while body fluids…
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Hiring In-home services or repairs
CDC offers the following tips for staying safe and slowing the spread of COVID-19 while scheduling services or repairs inside the home. This may include installation and repair of plumbing,…
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Interim Guidance for Use of Pooling Procedures in SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic, Screening, and Surveillance Testing
What is pooling? Pooling—sometimes referred to as pool testing, pooled testing, or batch testing—means combining respiratory samples from several people and conducting one laboratory test on the combined pool of…
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Singapore’s Tharman calls for ‘activist’ policymaking over big government post-pandemic
Massive state spending and loans may be keeping the world economy afloat amid the coronavirus crisis, but this does not mean that a global rebirth of big government is inevitable,…
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Tesla reports surprise profit amid coronavirus pandemic, with China the ‘star of the show’
Tesla reported a surprise second-quarter profit on Wednesday as it confirmed ambitious targets for 2020 car deliveries despite the coronavirus pandemic and announced plans for a new factory in Texas.The…
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Living with coronavirus: We can forget about a quick return to normal
Although it has only been around six months since the Covid-19 pandemic came to light and began surging worldwide, an entire era – when schools were open as a matter…