Right now. What does School Look Like during a pandemic . Were going to be exploring this evolving reality every monday until labor day. It is also something we are diving into across all of our platforms here at nbc news this week. Right now, schools in all 50 states have plans to return to some form of learning, be it inperson, remote, or a hybrid of both. Some districts already back in the classroom. Just a week in, theyre already dealing with outbreaks among students and staff. That comes as, this morning, we are seeing new data that further dispels the claim that children are immune from this virus. A new report from the American Academy of pediatrics and Childrens Hospital association reveals 97,000 children in the United States have tested positive for coronavirus. That 97,000 figure, that was just in the last two weeks of july. They say more than 338,000 children have been infected since the pandemic started. Meanwhile, not just parents and students, teachers also facing some t
WellSpan Health launched an online sign-up portal for COVID-19 vaccines on Jan. 19, the same day Pennsylvania expanded the first phase of its vaccine rollout plan. Within 48 hours the health system had scheduled 45,000 appointments and shut down the portal.
Barry Millhouse was able to schedule a February appointment for his 78-year-old mother at WellSpan York Hospital. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in the past year and is considered high-risk.
Before reaching out to WellSpan, Millhouse contacted his motherâs doctors at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, where she had been previously hospitalized.
Their response left Millhouse frustrated and upset.
He said they told him they werenât going to be administering the vaccine to the public right now and that he should keep watching the news to see when and where to get vaccinated.
In the kitchen of the nonprofit Franciscan Center, 28 chefs from Baltimore and D.C. labored in staggered shifts overnight, cooking huge amounts of food for the homeless, the hungry and front-line workers. It was all a part of the center's first-ever food marathon to serve more than 3,000 hot meals.