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Nurses work at a COVID-19 testing day for students and school faculty at Brandeis Elementary School on in Louisville, Ky.

Caught Between Parents And Politicians, Nurses Fear Another School Year With COVID-19

6:10pm September 03, 2021

As kids head back to class, school nurses are stretched thin as they manage increased workloads and delta-variant surges. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three school nurses about this year's concerns.

Students head to class this month in Thornton, Colo. Infectious disease experts say the decline in vaccination rates against childhood diseases during the pandemic has increased the potential for outbreaks of diseases once largely vanquished in the United

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Many Kids Have Missed Routine Vaccines, Worrying Doctors As School Starts

3:42pm August 26, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

The pandemic has meant many kids have put off doctor visits and recommended shots. Experts worry that means some pockets of the U.S. are now more vulnerable to outbreaks of measles and meningitis.

A chain-link fence lock is seen on a gate at a closed Ranchito Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles on July 13. Amid spiking coronavirus cases, the Los Angeles Unified School District is implementing a testing contact tracin

School Nurses To Play Big Role In Eventual Reopening Of In-Class Learning In LA

5:01pm August 21, 2020

The Los Angeles Unified School District began virtual classes this week. The second-largest U.S. school district hopes students will be back in classrooms this year. To do that, nurses will be key.

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Forsyth County Taps Local Resources To Continue Contact Tracing

3:23pm April 06, 2020

by Keri Brown

Forsyth County is continuing the practice known as contact tracing to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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School Nurses Can Be Mental Health 'Detectives' But They Need Help

8:50am September 03, 2016

by Kavitha Cardoza

School nurses play a critical role in identifying students with mental health disorders, but there aren't enough of them and they often don't have enough training.

Katie Serio, director of treatment and prevention at the Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse of Livingston County, N.Y., trains a group of school nurses to use the overdose antidote naloxone at Dansville High School.

School Nurses Stock Drug To Reverse Opioid Overdoses

5:35pm September 16, 2015

by Michelle Faust

With deaths from heroin and painkillers on the rise, more nurses at high schools and middle schools are prepared to intervene in the event of an overdose on school grounds.

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Sara Martín reads bedtime stories with her children. When the kids were younger, she says, staying up to date on their frequent immunizations was tough, because of cost and transportation issues.

Schools Not Keeping Track When Kids Are Behind On Their Shots

9:18am February 11, 2015

by Rebecca Plevin

California lets kindergartners start school as long as they've had the first dose of all required vaccines. But some schools aren't tracking whether such kids end up getting all the doses they need.

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