From lawsuits in San Francisco to threats of a remote learning "lockout" in Chicago, US officials are ramping up the pressure on teachers and their unions to reopen schools that have been closed for almost a year due to Covid. Education professionals are fighting back, insisting that the dangers of sending teachers many elderly and at-risk back to classrooms alongside hundreds of students is too great until vaccinations are completed. The.
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Princeton University Concerts (PUC) is expanding its digital offerings for the remainder of the 2020-21 season to replace planned in-person concerts, many of which will be rescheduled to future seasons.
The university’s performing arts series has recast all of its virtual programming to directly address socially relevant topics. This includes: a new podcast series, Breathe in Music, bringing PUC’s popular Live Music Meditation series to a digital format; a new series of conversations with musicians and prominent arts thinkers about the impact of COVID-19 on the performing arts hosted by multidisciplinary artist and WNYC host Helga Davis; the release of new video episodes of mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato’s Sing for Today, in which the opera star responds to current events through the lens of song and conversations; and virtual performances and live Q&As with world-renowned musicians
An estimated 1,700 in-person school days were lost as a result of COVID-19 isolation and quarantining and one person over 50 years old died after a two-day wrestling tournament that featured athletes from 10 high schools across three Florida counties, according to federal study.
The study, released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, did not disclose the names of the three counties, but the host county had a 7.7 percent COVID-19 positivity rate when it hosted the event.
The tournament on Dec. 4 -5 was attended by 130 wrestlers, coaches and referees.
Public health officials first learned Dec. 7 that one of the athletes tested positive for the coronavirus. Ultimately, 54 of the 130 attendees agreed to be tested and 38 cases of the virus were identified.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against wearing masks during a wrestling match because they present a potential choking hazard.
An estimated 1,700 in-person school days were lost as a result of COVID-19 isolation and quarantining and one person died after a two-day wrestling tournament that featured athletes from 10 high schools across three Florida counties, according to federal study released Tuesday.
The study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not disclose the names of the three counties, but the host county had a 7.7 percent COVID-19 positivity rate when it hosted the event.
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