The U.S. owns more than 1 million doses that are held by the maker of the shot, and more than 16 million additional doses can be finished and filled by government request.
The INFORM Consumers Act would require online marketplaces to take steps to verify the identity of high-volume sellers and provide some of that information to customers.
Sitting alone at home in sweatpants staring at a screen usually does not characterize the traditional high school experience. But for students today, remote learning has become part of the new normal.
Hanna Dubey, a student at Barnstable High School, told the Barnstable School Committee earlier this month that the change from in-person schooling to remote learning has been difficult on students who are used to seeing their teachers and fellow classmates each day.
“It takes a toll,” she said of remote learning. “Kids need time to be kids.”
Barnstable Public Schools, along with other school districts on the Cape, statewide and nationally, reverted to remote learning in response to the coronavirus pandemic that hit unexpectedly in the spring. The increased isolation and limited socialization, as well as the overall uncertainty that has defined education since March, fueled an increase in mental health issues among young people.