Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
School Reopenings Dominated By Disarray
Ohio State University has suspended more than 200 students for what the school says were violations of coronavirus safety measures. Ben Johnson, a spokesman for the university, told Forbes all 228 students will have to leave campus while their cases are pending. The majority of the suspensions, he said, concern alleged social distancing violations at off-campus parties. (Budryk, 8/25)
More than 500 cases at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Nearly 160 at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Dozens at the University of Southern California. Colleges and universities that brought students back to campus are expressing alarm about coronavirus infections emerging as classes have barely started, raising the possibility everyone could be sent home. (Knowles, 8/25)
A judge on Tuesday refused to immediately order classrooms closed at a private school in California’s Central Valley that has defied state and local health orders aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. Immanuel Schools in Reedly reopened its campus on Aug. 13. News reports showed students without masks and not practicing social distancing. (8/26)
As President Trump and the White House push for schools to resume full in-person classes this fall, Democrats are more concerned than Republicans about the prospect of their children returning to school or infecting family members. Democrats are also less likely to say teachers should return to in-person work, according to an Aug. 4-8 Morning Consult-The New York Times poll of 1,081 parents. The poll reported a 3 point margin of error. (Budryk, 8/25)
