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Note: The recording of this event is now available online at:   https://youtu.be/a2_FhH18sKE.

WHO / WHAT: Nemours Children’s Health specialists including Dr. Kenneth Alexander, Chief of Infectious Disease at Nemours Children’s Hospital, and Meghan Walls, pediatric psychologist, will hold a virtual event entitled “Keeping Our Children Safe as They Return to School this Fall.” The event, sponsored by Bank of America, will offer families the opportunity to ask questions about keeping children healthy as the new school year begins.  The event is intended for parents, but media members may register on this link and ask questions by emailing them to Media@Nemours.org.

Nemours Children’s Health supports the American Academy of Pediatrics updated guidance for the 2021-22 school year as well as recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WHEN: The hourlong webinar begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 10. To attend, advance registration is required. A recording of the event will be available soon afterwards.

WHY: Parents are preparing to send children back to school, which begins August 10 in central Florida.

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About Nemours Children’s Health. Nemours Children’s Health is one of the nation’s largest multistate pediatric health systems, including two free-standing children's hospitals and a network of nearly 80 primary and specialty care practices across five states. Nemours seeks to transform the health of children by adopting a holistic health model that utilizes innovative, safe, and high quality care, while also caring for the health of the whole child beyond medicine. Nemours also powers the world’s most-visited website for information on the health of children and teens, KidsHealth.org.

The Nemours Foundation, established through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, provides pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention programs to the children, families and communities it serves.