The New York Times (8/5, Stolberg) reports the Biden Administration, “worried that coronavirus vaccination rates among young people are lagging as the school year approaches, is enlisting pediatricians to incorporate vaccination into back-to-school sports physicals and encouraging schools to host their own vaccination clinics as part of a new push to get students their shots.” The initiative, “announced on Thursday by Education Secretary Miguel A. Cordona, is part of a broader ‘return to school road map’ aimed at getting students back to in-person learning this fall.” In order to help prevent transmission during school athletics, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine have partnered with the Administration put out guidances for physicians “and update the forms required for school physicals.”
Related Links:
— “White House Makes Back-to-School Push for Student Vaccinations “Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times, August 5, 2021