Tenn. parents warn sick kids may be forced to school
Schools in Lawrence Co., Tenn., face backlash for a new policy refusing doctor’s notes to excuse absences, sparking illness and safety concerns.
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Coronavirus closes schools in Seattle
The coronavirus pandemic has caused colleges to cancel classes, and now Seattle Public Schools became the nation's first large district to cancel classes due to the virus.
Climate change bad for environment & kids’ health
Kids are vulnerable to climate change due to environmental pollution (floods, droughts, & heatwaves trigger humanitarian disasters).
Students sick at St. Charles East; norovirus
St Charles East HS closed for 2 days as a result of hundreds of students who fell ill from a very infectious and hardy virus.
Flu surge attributable in part to doggy day care
Flu cases surged in the Midwest this past year. One cause of the spreading may have been doggy day cares that take care of many dogs each day.