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Stanford released new drug and alcohol policies that will go into effect in September.
WHYY By From left, Philly Teen Vass student ambassadors Vy Nguyen, Andy Nguyen and Keren Abraham. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY) With the help of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium (BDCC) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Policy Lab, a new student-led vaccine collective is hoping to combat vaccine hesitancy in young people — one clinic at a time. “Many [teens] do not have the facts or any of the education … and so, we need to teach them and educate them, so they feel more comfortable in getting the vaccine,” said Andy Nguyen, a junior at Julia R. Masterman High School and a st...
750K PA Kids Could Soon Get COVID-19 Vaccine: Latest Timeline Patch 2 days ago © Provided by Patch PENNSYLVANIA — As the Pfizer vaccine received federal approval for use on children aged 12 to 15, the Pennsylvania Department of Health said that it is nearly ready to begin distributing the vaccine to that age group. It marks another turning point in the pandemic, as officials aim to inoculate students before returning to school next fall. However, officials said they required a final level of approval before they starting administering doses: an official review and recommendation from th...
The Antarctic ice sheet is much less likely to become unstable and cause dramatic sea-level rise in upcoming centuries if the world follows policies that keep global warming below a key 2015 Paris climate agreement target, according to a new study. But if global warming exceeds the target—2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit)—the risk of ice shelves around the ice sheet’s perimeter melting would increase significantly and their collapse would trigger rapid Antarctic melting. That would result in at least 0.07 inches of global average sea-level rise a year in 2060 and beyond. That...