CDC Offers Monkeypox Guidance for Schools and Daycare Centers
The CDC is issuing guidance for daycare and schools to help avoid monkeypox transmission. The agency advises washing hands regularly, disinfecting surfaces and shared objects, and asking children, staff and volunteers to stay home when sick. The risk of children and adolescents developing monkeypox is low, according to the CDC. Schools, daycares ,and other settings […]
Danbury area school leaders confident they can manage COVID issues
Coming into the third school year since the start of the pandemic, district superintendents said they are confident COVID-19 will be more manageable than in prior years. With continued mitigation strategies and student support, many are optimistic they can successfully tackle any challenges that may arise. “I think COVID is going to be a part […]
Three Ga. children with monkeypox caught it at home
The Newton County School System said it was notified Tuesday of the confirmed and suspected cases. In addition to the Newton case, DPH spokeswoman Nancy Nydam said one earlier pediatric case of monkeypox had been reported in metro Atlanta, but she would not specify which county the case was located in. A third confirmed pediatric […]
Utah Valley Calendar: Things to do – Aug. 27 | News, Sports, Jobs
ONLINE How Women Can Budget to Survive Inflation — The Utah Women & Leadership Project will host a one-hour workshop at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 31, on how to balance budgets with prices rising this year and how to make room in a budget for wants and needs. This free event is for women of […]
State provides updates on Monkeypox
On Aug. 19, California Department of Public Health director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Tomas Aragon hosted a teleconference providing an update on the state’s efforts to the monkeypox outbreak in California. The conversation surrounded new isolation and transmission guidance from the state, and how the state is responding to the MPX outbreak. Aragon […]
How Long Is RSV Contagious For?
Once a person contracts RSV, they will become symptomatic within a week, as per UC Health. They will then remain contagious — meaning they can spread the virus to other people — for around three to eight days in most cases. However, in certain individuals, such as young children or those with a comprised immune […]
Get tickets to our Meet the Futures Authors event
Meet our Futures authors at Good Housekeeping Live in partnership with Dyson, a two-day event at Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 October in celebration of our 100th anniversary. To mark our centenary, last year we launched the Futures initiative with the Women’s Prize for Fiction with the aim of finding […]
What you need to know about COVID-19 protocols at schools in the Edmonton area
As parents prepare to send children back to school next week, here’s what to expect for COVID-19 protocols from your school division. EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Masking will be a personal decision for students and staff. Students and staff must provide their own masks. Schools will promote hand hygiene, encouraging students to stay home when […]
Ways You Can Be Using Eucalyptus Essential Oil In Your Home
We’ve mopped the hardwood floors, cleaned mildew from the shower and tub combo, disintegrated grease and sticky residue, and spot-cleaned the leather couch. Is there anything left? Oh yes, the carpets. Living Well Mom has a helpful tip for how to make homemade natural carpet deodorizer. In this case, any essential oil can work because […]
Questions put to Dunedin council candidates
Dunedin has been growing and the city council has boosted spending to fix up infrastructure and enhance amenity. Uncertainties include what exactly the Dunedin City Council’s role might be after Three Waters and resource management reform, and how best to emerge from the shadow of Covid-19. Big issues for the city include how it should continue to […]