School closures during COVID created massive long-term costs with limited health benefits
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University of Oxford Sep 13 2025 School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic imposed enormous long-term costs while other measures delivered better health outcomes for far less money, according to new research led by Oxford University's Department of Statistics and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science analysing non-pharmaceutical interventions in the United States. The study, published in BMC Global and Public Health , examined policies implemented across US states during 2020, before
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