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Florida school district rattled by Covid-related teacher deaths days before classes begin

The deaths prompted officials to stress the importance of mask mandates while also pushing plan to incentivize vaccinations by paying staff hundreds of dollars. By Antonio Planas Two teachers and one teaching assistant died this week from complications of Covid-19, rattling a school district in southern Florida only days before students are scheduled to return to … [Read more...] about Florida school district rattled by Covid-related teacher deaths days before classes begin

CDC guidance now official: Pregnant people should get coronavirus vaccine

By Lenny Bernstein and Brittany Shammas The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday that pregnant people be vaccinated against the coronavirus, updating its advice after it found no increased risk of miscarriage among those who have been immunized. With vaccination rates low among pregnant women, the new guidance … [Read more...] about CDC guidance now official: Pregnant people should get coronavirus vaccine

Delta Is Bad News for Kids

More children are falling ill because more are being infected.By Katherine J. Wu Two and a half weeks ago, as the next school year approached, a pediatric cardiologist from Louisiana headed into the Georgia mountains with her husband, their three young children, and their extended family. It was, in many ways, a fairly pandemic-sanctioned vacation: All nine adults in … [Read more...] about Delta Is Bad News for Kids

Vaccinated parents’ new worry: Can I transmit Covid to my unvaccinated kids?

“I’m tired. The mental math of determining what we feel is safe for our kids has been one of the hardest parts of the pandemic,” one mother said. By Elizabeth Chuck When Kate Eichelberger and her husband got their Covid-19 vaccinations, they felt a sense of protection — not just for themselves, but for their young children, too. At 6 and 8 years old, the kids are not … [Read more...] about Vaccinated parents’ new worry: Can I transmit Covid to my unvaccinated kids?