One way schools are looking to safely reopen: Pay more for tech
Added: 11.07.2020 2:18 | 5 views | 0 comments
 School districts across the country are taking a hard look at their budgets. Some are laying off teachers or other staff. But technology costs are harder to trim.
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'Like a pawn in a political game': Contradictory school reopening plans leave teachers, parents reeling
Added: 11.07.2020 1:02 | 9 views | 0 comments
 School districts around the country are scrambling to finish reopening plans even as the president and some states apply more pressure to open.
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University of Houston researches create heated air filter that can kill coronavirus 'instantly'
Added: 11.07.2020 0:37 | 8 views | 0 comments
 Researchers at the University of Houston claimed to have designed a special air filter that can trap the novel coronavirus and blast it with heat to kill the disease on contact.
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Teachers protest schools reopening amid pandemic
Added: 11.07.2020 0:23 | 2 views | 0 comments
 As the next academic school year approaches, many teachers are protesting out of concern that reopening schools will exacerbate the coronavirus pandemic. Nikole Killion reports.
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Healthier school food and physical activity environments matter for childhood obesity
Added: 10.07.2020 23:23 | 1 views | 0 comments
 Students at elementary and secondary schools that offer healthier food offerings and more opportunities for physical activities have a healthier body mass index, according to researchers. The study, published in Preventive Medicine Reports, uses professional measures of students' height and weight -- the gold standard for studying childhood obesity -- in a study on the effects of a school's food offerings and physical activity environment.
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In mouse study, black raspberries show promise for reducing skin inflammation
Added: 10.07.2020 23:23 | 1 views | 0 comments
 In a study done with mice, researchers found that a diet high in black raspberries reduced inflammation from contact hypersensitivity -- a condition that causes redness and inflammation in the skin.
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Topical cannabinoids may help to treat skin diseases
Added: 10.07.2020 23:22 | 0 views | 0 comments
 From a review of existing studies, researchers say that the active chemicals in cannabis - called cannabinoids - may help to treat various skin diseases.
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Vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 being tested
Added: 10.07.2020 22:22 | 2 views | 0 comments
 South Australian researchers working with Oracle Cloud technology and vaccine technology developed by local company Vaxine Pty Ltd are testing a vaccine candidate against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Public health leadership paramount to emerging coronavirus pandemic
Added: 10.07.2020 22:22 | 2 views | 0 comments
 In the 1960s, public health officials led the US and worldwide efforts that resulted in smallpox becoming the first human disease ever eradicated from the face of the earth. Researchers say appropriate concerns and not fear should play a major role in the emerging coronavirus pandemic, and public health efforts should focus on public health issues, not political or economic considerations.
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Newly identified genetic marker may help detect high-risk flu patients
Added: 10.07.2020 22:21 | 3 views | 0 comments
 Researchers led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified a genetic variation associated with influenza severity and the supply of killer T cells that help patients fight the infection.
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