Study evaluates in-school COVID testing's impact on infection rates
When infection rates rise—or in extreme cases—a pandemic hits, it's impossible to test everyone. Time, money and resources ...
COVID Map Shows Latest Case Rates Across US
Nationally, the test positivity rate for the week ending on February 8, was 4.8 percent, according to the CDC's most recent update on its COVID Data Tracker.
Mass. hospitals seeing surge in flu patients as doctors report more cases than COVID-19
Right now in Massachusetts and across the country, hospitals are seeing a surge in flu cases. So far, the CDC estimates there ...
Dozens of police recruits nationwide have died while training in last decade: probe
At least 29 recruits died during basic training at law enforcement academies around the country in the last decade, an AP ...
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Standards Gap: Why Many Students Score Proficient on State Tests But Not on NAEP
A version of this essay appeared on the FutureEd blog. One of the most striking features of the troubling results from the ...
Dying to serve: Dozens of recruits have died nationwide while training to become police officers
But deaths have only continued to mount. At least five were recorded in 2024, including a New York City recruit who died of ...
Tigers, zebras and other stuffed animals will get new homes after health concerns kept them hidden
Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic ...
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Does Money Matter for Schools? NAEP Scores Reopen the Debate
A provocative set of graphs has kicked off a debate over whether—and how—more money can improve student outcomes.
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Elizabeth Warren Fast Facts
November 6, 2012 – Wins the race for Senate in Massachusetts, defeating incumbent Scott ... December 19, 2021 – Tests positive for Covid-19, according to a tweet from her official account. Warren, who ...
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New England’s students remain half a year behind, new analysis shows, with few bright spots
In Massachusetts, on the other hand, test scores have been declining since before the pandemic. Reading scores peaked in 2017 and math scores in 2013; students in the state are now about a grade ...
Xi Hosts Summit With Jack Ma, Chinese Private Sector Leaders
Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting with Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and other prominent entrepreneurs on ...
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 breakthrough infections among vaccinated patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases
partners.org SARS-CoV-2 vaccines reduce the risk of COVID-19.1–3 However ... healthcare system in the Boston, Massachusetts, USA area. Patients with SARDs with a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR or antigen ...