Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
More Leaders Realize College Kids Will Get COVID
USA Today: 'So Much For Honor': Despite COVID Cases, College Students Partied Labor Day Weekend Away
Any doubts that students would find a way to party, even during a pandemic, have been quickly dispelled as COVID-19 cases skyrocketed at colleges around the country. Some colleges promptly canceled in-person instruction, and social media videos and images of partying students helped feed a narrative of irresponsible behavior putting everyone in the university community at risk. (Faulds, Molloy, LaTona, Torchinsky, Vann, Sondgeroth, Cassidy, LeBoeuf and Lempres, 9/9)
AP: Illinois University Quarantines All Student Body
Bradley University in central Illinois is requiring its entire student body to quarantine for two weeks because of clusters of COVID-19 on campus and is reverting to remote learning, officials announced Tuesday. Officials of the private university said they have linked a spike of the coronavirus to off-campus gatherings. The Peoria university is requiring students to limit nonessential interactions, stay in their off-campus apartments, residence halls and take classes remotely beginning Tuesday. (9/9)
AP: Virus Cases At University Of Arkansas Approaching 1,000
Arkansas health officials on Tuesday said their biggest growth in new coronavirus cases is among college-aged people as the number of active infections at the University of Arkansas’ main campus approached 1,000. The Arkansas Department of Health on Tuesday reported 294 new confirmed virus cases statewide, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 66,021. Cases among people 18 to 24 years old grew by nearly 17% last week, two to three times more than any other age group. (DeMillo, 9/8)
AP: Cuomo: COVID-19 A Problem On New York Campuses
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that COVID-19 outbreaks at colleges are already a problem, with one school shut down and cases rising on other campuses. Cuomo said the state health department would soon issue regulations requiring colleges to notify health officials when they have 100 confirmed cases, which could prompt a switch to remote learning for at least two weeks. (9/8)
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USA Today: College Football Player Jamain Stephens Dies From COVID Complications
California University of Pennsylvania football player Jamain Stephens, 20, has died, the school announced Tuesday. Stephens, a senior defensive lineman, was the son of former Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Jamain Stephens. Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, where Stephens played, said in a statement posted to Facebook on Tuesday his cause of death was related to complications involving COVID-19. It is unclear how he contracted the disease. (Smith, 9/8)
