n Providers to reflect the FDA’s May 10, 2021 authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for children and youth ages 12-15.
How School Districts Can Run a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: Describes how the Anchorage, AK school district has assembled a large-scale community vaccination clinic that offers key lessons to other districts as they consider or plan to operate vaccination clinics.
Students and COVID-19 Vaccines: Can Schools Require Them, and Will They?: Discusses legal, political, and ethical questions involved in setting a new requirement, especially as COVID-19 vaccines are administered under an emergency-use authorization. Education Week notes that as younger children qualify for COVID-19 vaccines, public health officials are unsure of how many families will opt to have their children inoculated if the shots are not required for school attendance. Some health officials assert that providing incentives for voluntary shots might be a more effective way of encouraging broad acceptance than mandates. “There are a number of push and pull factors here,” according to one representative of the Vaccine Working Group on Ethics and Policy, a group of doctors and researchers from around the country that considers questions related to COVID-19 vaccines.
Innovative Resources Help Communicate, Educate Audiences on COVID-19 Vaccines: Science-Based Information Can be Used with General Public, Essential Workers, Health Professionals: Describes a 2021 campaign to provide Black communities with credible information about COVID-19 vaccines. The series is produced through a collaboration among the Kaiser Family Foundation and Black Coalition Against COVID. The campaign’s resource, the Conversation: Between Us, About Us, offers scores of FAQ videos on a range of topics, including how the vaccines were tested, and how Black people were included in research studies. The campaign, which will expand as new questions and information arise, is working with YouTube and Google to amplify its content and is planning to host live-streaming events as well. Its debut video with comedian W. Kamau Bell generated over 100,000 Twitter views in its first 24 hours; and features Black doctors, nurses and researchers dispelling misinformation and offering accessible facts about COVID-19 vaccines.
Department of Education Releases Resource to Help Schools Improve Ventilation Systems to Prevent COVID-19: Outlines how American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds can be used to improve indoor air quality to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and provide healthy learning environments. This resource is part of the Department of Education's broader efforts to support schools as they prepare to welcome students back to in-person learning this fall and build back better.
Getting Schools Ready for In-Person Learning: How to Plan and Execute a COVID-19 Mitigation Walkthrough: Presents a step-by-step guide to plan and execute a COVID-19 mitigation walkthrough, ensuring that school or district administrators are prepared to resume in-person learning at school buildings or campuses. Additional CDC guidance and tools are available on the Schools and Child Care Programs webpage.
Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools, and Homes: Presents guidance jointly developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about appropriate methods to ensure safe, clean and sanitary environments including schools, homes and businesses.
Cleaning and Disinfecting - Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presents clear and simple guidelines from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, April 2021) based on the CDC’s new (4/5/21) science brief, SARS-CoV-2 and Surface (Fomite) Transmission for Indoor Community Environments.
Indoor Air and Coronavirus (COVID-19): Discusses growing evidence that the COVID-19 virus can remain airborne for longer times and further distances than originally thought, and therefore the possibility that spread of COVID-19 may occur via airborne particles in indoor environme