School Health News

A recent report in MMWR found that the vast majority of routine public pool inspections identified at least one violation, while one in eight inspections resulted in immediate closure due to serious health or safety threats at pools across the United States.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. (A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this).

Based on the latest CDC data from 2013, more than 8.6% of school-aged children have asthma. Meanwhile, there is currently no standardized national program for the management, prevention and treatment of asthma within schools, an environment where most children spend the majority of their waking hours.

The FDA today extended its regulatory authority over all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco, prohibiting retailers from selling these products to persons aged younger than 18 years, according to a press release.

Tennessee Department of Health officials have reported six cases of measles — five among unvaccinated infants and one in an unvaccinated adult — with that number expected to rise.

The current outbreak of mumps among Harvard University students, faculty and staff continues to grow, with 41 confirmed cases, according to Harvard University Health Services and the Cambridge Public Health Department.

School-based obesity interventions that included school nurses resulted in positive BMI outcomes for students, according to recent research in the Journal of School Health.

Schools with policies that limited exposure to sugar-sweetened beverages and associated marketing had lower rates of daily student consumption of regular soda, according to recent data.

High antibiotic resistance among children with urinary tract infections caused by Escherichia coli was associated with previous antibiotic use and may persist for up to 6 months after treatment, according to recent research in BMJ.

A student diagnosed with measles while attending a charter school in Nevada County, California, which maintains one of the lowest immunization rates in the state, prompted a school closure and an ongoing quarantine of unvaccinated students, state health officials reported.