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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


COVID-19

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Club sports teams regain a sense of normalcy with fewer COVID-19 restrictions

April 3, 2022

Over the past two years, Northwestern club sports teams have dealt with season cancellations, limited contact, masking mandates and other inconveniences caused by the pandemic. In the 2021-22 academic...

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Testing, vaccines and environmental monitoring: Northwestern’s research contributions to the pandemic

April 3, 2022

As the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed scientists across the world to new frontiers of medical innovations, Northwestern researchers have been among the leading contributors. Over the past two years, NU...

People line up for testing in front of a tan building.

COVID-19 positivity rate and case numbers continue to climb after spring break

April 3, 2022

The number of new positive COVID-19 cases reported increased 3.56 times compared to last week after a week of mandated testing — and the first quarter when masks haven’t been required in classrooms...

Four squares with illustrations of people in them. On the left side, two people wear masks, and on the right, the same people are unmasked.

Evanston community centers, businesses adapt protocols following mask mandate lift

April 3, 2022

When Evanston lifted its vaccination and indoor mask requirements Feb. 28, early childhood center Little Green Tree House decided to wait to see COVID-19 numbers before removing its own mask mandate. “We...

The illustration represents a classroom in which four students (represented by circles) are wearing a mask and six are not. Above the students are drawings of three blue masks. The masks appear from left to right, and each mask appears more faded than the last.

Faculty members, teacher’s assistants express concerns about lifted mask mandate in classrooms

March 30, 2022

On Tuesday, students and faculty were able to walk into in-person classes maskless for the first time in more than two years — but some faculty members and teacher’s assistants are concerned the new...

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