Certain recipients of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, as well as anyone over 18 years old who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, may now receive booster vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Oct. 21. The CDC had previously announced recommendations only for the Pfizer vaccine, but the latest statement [...]
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All faculty, staff and students who do not have a medical or religious exemption from vaccination must upload a record of full immunization against COVID-19 by Dec. 8, according to an Oct. 14 email from Associate Vice President and Executive Director for COVID-19 Response and Recovery Amir St. Clair. The previous policy allowed community members [...]
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Emory University appears to have moved past a large surge of COVID-19 cases among students in early September, which saw the highest single-day case total since the beginning of the pandemic. Throughout September, Emory reported 387 new cases, comprising 324 students and 63 faculty and staff. More than two-thirds of this total occurred in the [...]
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With over 95% of Emory students and nearly 92% of faculty and staff vaccinated as of Tuesday, Emory University has taken a new approach to managing COVID-19 in the fall semester. Before vaccines were widely available in the U.S., the University used statistics such as case numbers and level of transmission to determine safety policies. [...]
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For many students, today marks a return to their first in-person classes since Emory University shut down campus in March 2020. The University does so as the Delta variant continues to spread rapidly across the United States, and in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. Though all students, staff [...]
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