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Students wear face masks outside of their school in Philly
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Education

Back to school and the Pa. mask mandate

With students back in classrooms, we look at how to keep kids safe from COVID and discuss Pennsylvania Governor Wolf's new mask mandate for schools.

Air Date: September 2, 2021 10:00 am

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Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf in Wilkes-Barre on May 19, 2021. (Gov. Tom Wolf/Flickr)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Wolf’s mask mandate supported, criticized as COVID continues to divide school communities

As cases of COVID-19 have risen through the summer, parents and school boards have remained divided over mitigation strategies, culminating in heated meetings and threats.

4 years ago

Maria Mirkovic works with some of her third graders in her classroom
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: More funding available for COVID testing in schools

Money from the CDC through New Jersey’s education and health departments has been set aside for COVID-19 testing at schools.

4 years ago

A medic takes the temperature of a 2-year-old sitting in a car seat
NPR
Health

Children’s hospitals are pleading for federal help as they run out of beds

Pediatric hospitals are "at or near capacity" and expect to see more young COVID-19 patients as the school year resumes, according to the Children's Hospital Association.

4 years ago

The Rosa Health Center is one of several facilities in southern Delaware trying to better connect Latino residents with health services. (Kayla Williams/Delaware Public Media)
Health

Pandemic prompts fresh look at Latino health care needs

Just 5% of Delaware deaths from COVID-19 occurred within the Latino community, but the pandemic has highlighted factors that limit access to health care.

4 years ago

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure (left) recently visited Westside Family Healthcare in Wilmington with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (in purple) to announce new funding for navigators to help connect patients to insurance under the ACA
Health

New federal funding aims to better connect Delawareans to affordable care

Westside Family Healthcare will get an increase in funding to help connect Delaware residents to health insurance via the Affordable Care Act.

4 years ago

 Sickle cell disease results from a mutation in hemoglobin — the protein that carries oxygen in the blood — that causes red blood cells to be crescent-shaped.(Shutterstock)
Health

Blood drive supports those with sickle-cell disease and offers genetic testing

The Philadelphia-based Crescent Foundation and the Red Cross will host the blood drive Sept. 9 in University City. Appointments are encouraged.

4 years ago

Students wear face masks outside of their school in Philly
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly schools are back, but strife looms over COVID, labor, and building problems

Nervous excitement greeted the opening of schools Tuesday morning. But labor contract troubles and concerns about COVID linger.

4 years ago

Kindergarten students at Powel Elementary school line up to enter their schoo
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Reversing course, Wolf imposes mask mandate for Pa. schools, childcare facilities

Students and staff will be required to wear masks regardless of vaccination starting on September 7. The order applies to public and private schools.

4 years ago

The exterior of Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School
Education
Billy Penn

North Philly high school mandates COVID vaccine for all students

“It’s like any other vaccine that kids have to get to go to school,” said one relieved parent.

4 years ago

Pediatric infectious disease physician Anusha Visnawathan calls upon the Central Bucks school board to require protective masks when schools open this fall to protect against the spread of COVID-19. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Central Bucks at center of school mask debate, amid lawsuit and another board vote Tuesday

A board vote Tuesday comes amid a lawsuit filed by a group of parents upset with the district’s intent to start the school year without mandatory masking.

4 years ago

Londyn Vargas, seen behind a see-through partition, puts her head in her arms while sitting at a desk in her classroom
Education

N.J. coronavirus update: Mask mandates ‘not a polite suggestion,’ Murphy tells schools

New Jersey officials are trying to give any skeptical school administrators few excuses for avoiding the state’s mask and vaccine mandates.

4 years ago

(John Partipilo/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Education Dept. announces civil rights investigations into 5 states’ mask mandate bans

Letters were sent to state education leaders in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.

4 years ago

Masterman teachers protest outside school.
Keystone Crossroads
Health

A day before Philly schools reopen, facilities woes take center stage

As Philadelphia prepares to fully reopen its public schools for the first time in 18 months, the spotlight is again on facilities woes. ...

4 years ago

Travelers walk through the Salt Lake City International Airport
Health

EU takes U.S. off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions

The guidance is nonbinding, however, and U.S. travelers should expect a mishmash of travel rules across the continent.

4 years ago

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