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Two years of a pandemic tearing a path of sickness and death through the U.S. — surging, ebbing, then surging again — eroded trust in medicine along the way, doctors and others say.

The underlying facts in each case are the same. The North Allegheny and Upper Saint Clair school boards voted recently to reverse mandatory masking policies. Medically vulnerable students argued that the reversal put them at risk of contracting covid-19 and the decision violated their rights under the Americans with Disabilities

The civil action addresses the board’s Jan. 10 vote to amend the school district’s health and safety policy.

A group of families of medically disabled children is suing Upper St. Clair School District in federal court after the board there reversed its mandatory mask mandate earlier this month. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of five medically fragile students who are unnamed in the complaint, seeks a temporary restraining

The district sent an email to families on Monday saying all students, staff and visitors in district buildings must wear masks when classes resume on Tuesday.

Parents are suing the North Allegheny School District over its decision to lift the district’s mandatory mask mandate beginning next week, a move they claim could be “a death sentence” for severely immunocompromised students.

Five parents who challenged the Delaware Valley School District’s masking policy are again asking a judge to issue an injunction after two of the children involved in the case were