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Health Matters: Kids can go to school with some symptoms of illness, health experts say
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Health Matters: Kids can go to school with some symptoms of illness, health experts say
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2 hours ago
School attendance tanked during the pandemic and has only started to recover. One reason is that parents are struggling to decide when it's okay to send a child to school while sick. Schools and health experts are now saying it is okay to send children to class with some symptoms of illness, including a runny nose or cough. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Aug. 19, 2024.
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Health Matters: Kids can go to school with some symptoms of illness, health experts say02:22 | 2 hours ago
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Health Matters: Kids can go to school with some symptoms of illness, health experts say
Description
2 hours ago
School attendance tanked during the pandemic and has only started to recover. One reason is that parents are struggling to decide when it's okay to send a child to school while sick. Schools and health experts are now saying it is okay to send children to class with some symptoms of illness, including a runny nose or cough. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Aug. 19, 2024.
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