March 4, 2021

The ABC Science Collaborative engages academic partners across the nation to expand the reach and influence of the Collaborative’s mission.

Pediatric and public health experts are helping to ensure that school children, teachers, and staff members in the United States have access to program resources provided by The ABC Science Collaborative.

“We’re thrilled ...

March 2, 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are tracking multiple variants of SARS CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19. A number of variants are circulating globally, and at least three of these have been documented as causing COVID-19 cases in the United States.

Viruses constantly change as they spread among humans and/or animals. We see this with the flu virus every year. Sometimes new variants appear and disappear quickly; other times, new variants appear and stay.

Several new ...

February 26, 2021

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated guidance on masking and released new research to suggest double-masking offers more protection against the coronavirus. The most important advantage of double masking is that it can improve the fit of a mask, which is most important when seeking to protect yourself and others. To double mask effectively, the CDC ...

February 16, 2021

Last week, the CDC released new guidance outlining how to safely return to in-person learning for K-12 schools.

The CDC recommends that schools should follow five key mitigation strategies, regardless of how high community transmission is at any given time. These five key strategies include:

• Universal and correct use of masks
• Physical distancing
• Handwashing and respiratory etiquette
• Cleaning and maintaining healthy facilities
• Contact tracing in combination with isolation and quarantine, in collaboration with the health department

While the CDC recommends all of the key ...

February 10, 2021

As temperatures drop across certain regions of the country and some children return to in-person learning, the ABC Science Collaborative has received questions about mitigation strategies for handling lunchtime when students are on campus.

As of today, current science about the transmission of COVID-19 suggests that activities that require removing your mask, such as eating, should be outside whenever possible. The current guidance from the CDC and other studies indicate the benefits of practicing social distancing of 6 ...

The ABC Science Collaborative reached an exciting milestone as Pediatrics published the collaborative’s first study on January 8th. The study, an analysis of COVID-19 data from 11 North Carolina school districts, focuses on the safety of children attending school in-person during the pandemic.

Data from more than 90,000 school children and staff who attended school in-person during the first quarter of the 20-21 ...