Tag Archives: Students

School shutdowns have been a divisive topic during since the pandemic erupted, and a new study has ignited debate over the six-foot rule of social distancing and whether it can be relaxed in classroom settings, which would ease the way for children to return to schools. The new study, published …

The device, a wearable night light that can minimize disturbances for sleeping patients, is the brainchild of a University of Pennsylvania senior and a neonatal I.C.U. nurse. During his day shift at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Anthony Scarpone-Lambert steps into a patient’s room. The lights are off, …

When you’re a college student, your dollars don’t go far. After paying for tuition, rent, books and fees, you’re lucky if you have a few bucks left for a weekend night on the town. The last thing you want to do is pay too much for your college student car …

Here’s what you need to know: Miami-Dade County, Fla., one of the largest school districts in the U.S., will reopen classrooms to students next month. The virus death toll in the U.S. surpasses 200,000. China and the U.S. square off over the virus at the General Assembly. Notre Dame pauses …

Here’s what you need to know: The virus and wildfires stopped many students from taking the ACT Saturday. The same may happen with the SAT this week. The C.D.C. removes guidance acknowledging the virus is transmitted mainly in the air, days after posting it. An N.I.H. official was perpetuating conspiracy …

Singapore’s unemployment rate is the highest it has ever been in 10 years. According to data from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), unemployment rose from 2.4 per cent in the first quarter to 2.9 per cent in the second quarter this year. Of the total unemployment numbers, over 90,500 residents were …

Before the pandemic, it was not unusual for Tiffany Foy and a team of other dental hygienists to visit schools in rural and urban parts of Oregon to treat the teeth of thousands of children in a year. Many of the children they examined had cavities, painful abscesses and “big …

This briefing has ended. Click here for the latest updates. Here’s what you need to know: Northeastern ousts 11 students for violating safety protocols, and keeps their $ 36,500 tuition. The first famines of the coronavirus era are at the world’s doorstep, the U.N. warns. The lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, …

Here’s what you need to know: ‘Be adults’: Universities in the U.S. are warning students about gatherings as they return to campus. As he accepts the Democratic nomination, Biden knocks Trump’s pandemic response. South Korea threatens to detain people who obstruct virus-control efforts. Hong Kong to roll out testing services …