Georgia’s Cobb County School District had parents choose between virtual and in-person learning, then lifted its mask mandate. Many families are frantically figuring out how to navigate this reality.Elizabeth Stuart […]
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My Kids’ School Won’t Reinstate Masks Despite a Recent Surge in COVID Cases. Here’s What I Chose to Do.
Georgia’s Cobb County School District had parents choose between virtual and in-person learning, then lifted its mask mandate. Many families are frantically figuring out how to navigate this reality. Liz Stuart is […]
Don’t let children under 12 slip through the cracks in the fight against Covid [Opinion]
Pandemic-related guidelines and protections have to evolve. It isn’t flip-flopping, as some charge. It’s what must happen as the pandemic changes and knowledge about it grows.Liz Stuart coauthored the piece at […]
Are crowds safe as delta variant spreads? Experts explain COVID risks at common gatherings
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended last month that fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors in some areas – rolling back previous guidance that vaccinated individuals could forego […]
Will the Delta Variant Upend Another School Year? [Opinion]
The biggest epidemiological question was whether reopening schools would seed community outbreaks. For many months, science offered very few clear answers. But studies have since suggested that in-school transmission was […]
Study Explores Why Parents Are Worried About Vaccinating Kids 12 and Below
Only 49.4% of parents and caregivers surveyed in March 2021 planned on vaccinating their children ages 12 years old and younger when a COVID-19 vaccine is made available for their […]
The Delta Variant in Schools: What to Know
Classrooms are opening their doors to a different pandemic. Here is how to think about risk.Liz Stuart is quoted at The New York Times .
How to counter COVID-19 fluctuation frustrations
As COVID-19-related protocols ramp back up in response to the aggressive delta variant, a public health expert has advice for folks who are losing patience with people who eschew wearing […]
Kids Are Going Back to School. How Do We Keep Them Safe?
As the Delta variant rages, parents remain confused about how their children can safely return to classrooms in the midst of a pandemic. Here are answers to common questions.Liz Stuart is […]
Driven by covid deaths, U.S. life expectancy dropped by 1.5 years in 2020
Life expectancy in the United States dropped by a year and a half in 2020 — a continuation of a worrisome decline that was observed in the first half of […]