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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern

COVID-19

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Northwestern provides limited COVID-19 resources for fall, citing stable campus case data

August 15, 2022

Northwestern released updated COVID-19 guidelines in a Monday email, to take effect for the remainder of the summer and into Fall Quarter. The University continues to require COVID-19 primary series...

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Evanston refers residents to local pharmacies, health care providers for pediatric COVID-19 vaccines after CDC expands eligibility

June 26, 2022

After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to children older than six months, Evanston recommended ways to get vaccinated in a Thursday newsletter. Children...

A purple and white sign with the words “masking is optional” in big white letters on a green background. Two purple wildcats are printed below the words, one with a mask and the other without.

Northwestern continues to relax COVID-19 guidelines amid rise of new omicron variants

June 16, 2022

Northwestern provided updates to its COVID-19 guidelines for the summer in a Thursday email. While COVID-19 vaccination is still required of all community members — except those granted exemptions...

Two rapid COVID-19 tests stacked on top of each other next to a rapid test marked “negative.”

Evanston reports 12.6% increase in new COVID-19 cases from previous week, “Medium” community risk level

May 20, 2022

Evanston reported 447 new COVID-19 cases this week, a 12.6% increase from the previous week. The city’s community risk level went down to a “Medium” from last week’s “High” risk level.  According...

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Northwestern maintains no masking or testing policy changes, does not mention uptick in COVID-19 positivity

May 18, 2022

Though Vice President for Operations Luke Figora acknowledged the rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Chicago-area in a Wednesday email, he did not discuss any changes to the lack of masking or testing...

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