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Recent Federal Actions Spur Changes to Children's Blood Lead Level Screenings and Response

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Ali Aslam,
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At-Risk Populations,
Infant and Child Health

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for screening children’s blood lead levels, as screening rates across the country dropped during stay-at-home orders. A substantive federal policy change and provisions in the Infrastructure ...

Congress Convenes Sectors on School Reopenings

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Jeffrey O. Ekoma

As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country, increased attention has been given to how schools, colleges, and universities can safely reopen for the upcoming 2020-2021 academic year. To note, many schools and institutions closed in ...

Courts Considering Challenges to States Blocking School Mask Requirements

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Maggie Davis,
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Infant and Child Health

Recent state laws and governor emergency orders prohibiting universal school mask protocols are complicating the implementation of CDC’s evidence-based guidance for COVID-19 mitigation measures for in-person school. Ten states have enacted ...

Changes to School Nutrition Programs Helping Curb Pandemic-Related Impacts

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Shannon Vance

The National School Lunch Program, a federally-assisted meal program run by USDA, has provided millions of children with nutritionally balanced, low-cost or no-cost lunches each school day.