Schools Usually Enforce Child Vaccinations. With COVID-19, That Job Is Falling to Private Businesses

Studio E School of Dance in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens in New York City is losing students. A city-wide policy that went into effect on Dec. 14 bars children ages 5 and up from attending certain extracurricular activities unless they’ve received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Because the majority of … Read more

CDC Endorses Schools’ Coronavirus ‘Test-to-Stay’ Policies

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials are endorsing “test-to-stay” policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decided to more firmly embrace the approach, already used by many school districts, after research of such policies in … Read more