Schools grapple with COVID testing

1 big thing

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🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Students across the country are going back to school this week as the Omicron COVID variant surges. But many districts -- like Atlanta, DC and Cleveland -- have already delayed their in-person returns, as districts ramp up testing requirements. Plus, many surprise out-of-network medical bills are now illegal. And, how the extended freeze on federal student loan payments is affecting borrowers. Guests: Dr. Celine Gounder, clinical assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases at New York University’s School of Medicine and the host of the Epidemic podcast, and Axios' Bob Herman. Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Sabeena Singhani and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What do I do?
0:01.2	What do I do?
0:02.4	What do I say?
0:03.6	What do I say?
0:30.0	Good morning, welcome to Axios today.
0:36.1	It's Monday, January 3rd, 2022.
0:39.3	Happy New Year, I'm Nyla Boudou.
0:41.5	Here's what you need to know today.
0:43.2	Many surprised medical bills are now illegal.
0:46.7	Plus, how the extended freeze on federal student loan payments
0:50.0	affects borrowers.
0:51.6	First, today's one big thing.
0:54.0	School's grappling with COVID tested.
1:00.4	Students across the country are going back to school today
1:04.6	as the Omicron COVID variant surges.
1:07.1	But many districts, like Atlanta, D.C. and Cleveland,
1:10.8	have already delayed in-person returns
1:13.5	as districts ramp up testing requirements.
1:16.1	But as Education Secretary Miguel Cardona
1:18.5	said on CBS's face the nation yesterday,
1:21.0	schools might not have what they need to distribute more tests.
1:25.2	We are working with districts to set up systems
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