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August 24, 2020

Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness Among Teachers and Adults Living With School-Aged Children

A nationally representative survey in the US shows that 40% of teachers have “definite” risk factors for severe COVID-19 illness (according to CDC criteria) and 51% have “definite” or “possible” risk factors, based on results from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey. Among adults living with school-aged children, 41% have definite and 54% have definite…

August 20, 2020

Public Health Student Response to COVID-19

• Burns et al. identified that by July 31, 2020, 30 schools and programs of public health in the US were supporting public health agencies in response to COVID-19, primarily through the provision of surge capacity (n=20, 67%), contact tracing (n=19, 63%), and training (n=11, 37%). The authors suggest that future funding should explicitly link…


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