Tag: Urgent

Pandemic learning loss needs urgent attention in U.S., national survey finds

The “educational harm” caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been “devastating,” according to a recent survey of 26 million K-8 students by researchers at Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth and Harvard. The researchers also found that the pandemic “exacerbated economic and racial educational inequality,” as lead authors Tom Kane of Harvard and Sean Reardon of Stanford […]

CDC warns providers of ‘urgent’ need to boost vaccination against COVID, flu, RSV

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning health providers that there is an “urgent need” to increase vaccinations against influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). In an alert published Thursday, the agency cautioned that low vaccination rates, coupled with ongoing increases in national respiratory disease activity, could lead to more severe disease […]

Christmas Food Recall After Bugs Found in It Sparks Urgent Warning

Just weeks before Christmas, the Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom announced a recall of a popular stuffing mix because of the potential presence of moths. On Thursday, Tesco recalled the Tesco Finest Apple & Cranberry Stuffing Mix that had a best-before date of September 2024. Tesco is the biggest supermarket in the United […]