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Vaccinated teachers and students don't need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines. The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths. With COVID-19 cases back on the rise, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended on Monday that students and staff be fully masked, regardless of vaccination status, for the opening of the 2021-22 school year. Most public schools in...

New federal healthcare guidance announced Friday allows vaccinated middle and high school students, teachers and other educators to go maskless in K-12 indoor settings. Local public-health and school officials expressed hope that the relaxing of some COVID-19 restrictions by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could spark another round of vaccinations. However, the officials also expressed concern that the new guidance could take the COVID-19 vaccination honor system to a whole new level of accountability and potential unintended consequences. Vaccinated teachers and studen...

Priest New federal healthcare guidance announced Friday allows vaccinated middle and high school students, teachers and other educators to go maskless in K-12 indoor settings. Local public-health and school officials expressed hope that the relaxing of some COVID-19 restrictions by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could spark another round of vaccinations. However, the officials also expressed concern that the new guidance could take the COVID-19 vaccination honor system to a whole new level of accountability and potential unintended consequences. The CDC noted the avail...

With K-12 school openings in North Carolina about six weeks away, we have a grand opportunity to prepare to avert disaster later by demanding that substantial COVID precautions be required of students, faculty and staff — especially as the more contagious delta variant spreads in the Southern states. School districts and administrators have been advised to continue to require students to wear masks indoors and maintain 3 feet of distance by infectious diseases experts and health care researchers, the Journal’s Richard Craver reported Monday. This is especially necessary since no COV...

With the start of the 2021-22 school year for K-12 education just six to seven weeks away, some infectious diseases experts and health-care researchers continue to advise that school districts and administrators continue to require masks indoors. They said they agree that K-12 schools should be open, and that 3 feet of distance between students is sufficient. The experts and researchers say there are three main factors behind their recommendations: The likelihood of the delta variant — which is considered as more infectious with more serious cases — becoming the predominant COVID-19...