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WASHINGTON, April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Rockefeller Foundation announces a $1.49 million grant to the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area to expand access to rapid-result Covid-19 testing to support K-12 schools reopening in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Developed by scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, this innovative, but easy-to-implement saliva-based Covid-19 testing program, led by a coalition of Consortium universities, has been up and running in all 26 high schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools system since March 15.
The grant from The Rockefeller Foundation will support the Consortium testing program in Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) and DC Public Charter Schools. Initial results of the weekly asymptomatic testing program in use in City Schools have found a .95% test positivity rate – well below the 5.6% positivity rate in Baltimore City overall – while
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April 20, 2021
The advocacy group Strong Schools Maryland announced Shamoyia Gardiner as the organization s new executive director on Monday.
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Gardiner joined Strong Schools Maryland as deputy director in August.
She takes over from Joe Francaviglia, who is leaving the organization to become campaign manager for Del. Brooke E. Lierman (D-Baltimore City) during her run for state comptroller.
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Before coming to Strong Schools Maryland, Gardiner served as education policy director for Advocates for Children and Youth, a research analyst for Family League of Baltimore City and a secondary school science teacher.
Strong Schools Maryland was a leading advocate in Annapolis for the Blueprint for Maryland s Future, a multi-billion-dollar decade-long education reform plan.
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A crowd of protesters took to the streets in East Baltimore to proclaim that Black Lives Matter and to show their solidarity with the Asian American community on Saturday, the second demonstration against police brutality and in support of social justice issues to be held in the city in as many days.
CIAN Diagnostics Partners with Ginkgo Bioworks to Keep K-12 Schools Safe with Expanded Pooled Testing
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CIAN Diagnostics is working with Concentric by Ginkgo to support America s children, teens and parents with expanded, targeted testing
When Concentric and Ginkgo Bioworks presented us with the opportunity to leverage our collective expertise, it was an obvious, ideal union and one that we’re very excited about FREDERICK, Md. (PRWEB) April 16, 2021 CIAN Diagnostics, the premier COVID-19 testing facility, is partnering with the epidemiological tracing and vaccine experts at Ginkgo Bioworks to ramp up pooled testing for schools across the country.
As more and more schools reopen for in-person learning, the critical role of routine COVID testing is expanding exponentially. As teachers, parents and guardians become eligible for vaccines, clinical trials for children and teens are just beginning and