Seasonal influenza triggers significant school closures, especially in southern states, study finds

School closures are critical for avoiding influenza transmission and are often enforced ahead of time during severe pandemics. However, reactive, unforeseen closures occur every year during seasonal ... Read More

We saved lives by prolonging school closures in pandemic, say teachers

Teaching union leaders have boasted that they “saved lives” during the pandemic after urging ministers to prolong school closures ... Student Assessment study by the Organisation for Economic ... Read More

Relitigating the Pandemic: School Closings and Vaccine Sharing

The latest piece of ammunition for these critics came in a study ... their schools were closed, it also shows that the bulk of the learning loss was due to the pandemic, not the school closings. Read More

Pandemic course improved COVID-19 knowledge, study finds

Students from all WashU schools participated in online ... health organization websites (50%), news media (47.4%), friends (38.6%) and the pandemic course (32.4%). Of these, health organizations ... Read More

Sleep Disorders News

Too Little Sleep Raises Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, New Study Finds Mar. 5, 2024 — Adults ... Apr. 8, 2024 — Children and teens from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately ... Read More

Teen Social Well-Being Has Not Recovered Post-Pandemic, UC Santa Barbara Study Finds

Lockdown and isolation put a damper on teenagers’ social well-being, and they have not yet recovered, a UC Santa Barbara study has found. Even after the pandemic loosened ... community within their ... Read More

UCSB study finds teens’ well-being continues to decline post-lockdown

A UC Santa Barbara study (USCB) found that social well-being ... UCSB researchers stressed the importance of finding the effects of the pandemic on students' mental health even without symptoms ... Read More

Teen Health News

8, 2024 — A study ... economist finds mandated in-school Body Mass Index assessments adopted in varying forms by 24 states to combat childhood obesity have the potential to improve the health ... Read More

Study finds Ozempic can be made for $5. U.S. consumers pay nearly $1000.

Researchers at Yale University have published a study saying the actual cost of ... Mark Huffman has been a consumer news reporter for ConsumerAffairs since 2004. He covers real estate, gas ... Read More

Closings & Delays

When there are active school closings, you can find the most up-to ... view our Interactive Radar at any time with the WLKY News app. Read More

Closings & Delays

When there are active school closings, you can find the most up-to-date list of closings & delays here. As schools are reported closed, they will be added to this list. Questions? Click the school ... Read More