Philly Teachers Bundle Up to Teach Outdoors in Back-to-the-Classroom Battle NBC10 Staff
Two teacher bundle up in winter clothing teach virtually outdoors
Philadelphia public school teachers bundled up in winter coats, gloves and hats sat outside on folding chairs on a bitter cold Monday morning as a show of solidarity over concerns about coronavirus safety amid a planned return to classrooms.
It was blistering cold outside the Southwark School in South Philadelphia as teachers taught online classes outside. Teaching outside for safety inside, one of the teacher s signs said.
The protest scene played out at other schools around Philadelphia as the public teachers union showed solidarity and went against an order to report inside school buildings to prepare for the return to partial in-person learning.
Horse tranquilizer is hitting the US as a dangerous street drug By: CNN
By Maria Morava and AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) A new and dangerous street drug is emerging in the US.
It s called xylazine, though it s better known by its street name, tranq . It s a non-opioid sedative used in veterinary medicine, typically with horses.
And in Philadelphia, where drug overdoses have spiked to historic highs, it was present in nearly one-third of all fatal opioid overdose cases in 2019.
Xylazine is not for humans
Different from ketamine, an animal tranquilizer also used effectively in human medicine, xylazine has not been approved by the FDA for human use.
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Smokey Joe’s, which normally welcomes throngs of Penn students in a night, has reopened with tighter restrictions in place after enduring nearly a week of temporary forced closure.
Dangerous drug used to sedate horses killing thousands in the US
A new and dangerous street drug is emerging in the US.
It s called xylazine, though it s better known by its street name, tranq . It s a non-opioid sedative used in veterinary medicine, typically with horses.
And in Philadelphia, where drug overdoses have spiked to historic highs, it was present in nearly one-third of all fatal opioid overdose cases in 2019.
A new study in the journal Injury Prevention, published Wednesday, suggests the opioid epidemic in the US continues to evolve.
This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health shows discarded boxes of xylazine seized in a raid.(Philadelphia Department of Public Health)