Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn admitted Monday he overstated the positive results of using blood plasma from recovered patients as a treatment for COVID-19. Hahn denied that politics played a role in the FDA’s emergency-use authorization of the treatment, which was touted by President Trump Sunday.

In education news, a Florida judge blocked a state order requiring schools to offer in-person teaching, saying that it failed to take safety concerns into account. Florida has appealed the ruling. Ohio State University has suspended 228 students from campus for breaking rules around parties and gatherings. Meanwhile, the University of North Carolina reported a 31% COVID-19 positivity rate for last week, up from 13% in the first week of class.

In environmental news related to the coronavirus, the Associated Press found that thousands of oil and gas projects and government facilities have been permitted to stop monitoring for hazardous emissions and bypass other environmental and health rules during the outbreak.