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Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
University Health Services (UHS) announced in an email Wednesday students are required to receive a flu vaccine this fall. Director of UHS Edward Junkins said in the email the decision comes as part of an effort to reduce the spread of respiratory-based illnesses and minimize flu symptoms on campus. Junkins said minimizing flu symptoms, which
Evan McKenna and Alysa Guffey | Friday, September 17, 2021
As a nationwide vaccine rollout began in early 2021 and continued in full force through the following months, many across the country felt a strong sense of hope, one that didn’t exist just a few months prior. With the opening of a mass vaccination clinic on the University’s campus in March, the Notre Dame community
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 17, 2020
This report was updated at 2:58 p.m. Students who are in quarantine or isolation after testing positive or being exposed to COVID-19 will have to follow special move-out procedures, according to an email from the Notre Dame Care and Concern Team to students currently in quarantine or isolation. The email was sent to these students
Elizabeth Prater | Thursday, October 1, 2020
Notre Dame’s Flu Vaccine Blitz is taking place from Tuesday to Thursday. Students were required to reserve a time to receive their vaccine at the Gate B Stadium Concourse set-up. Though all slots are filled for this Blitz, a second round of vaccinations will be offered later in October, according to the University. Cindi Schwartz,
Observer Staff Report | Friday, January 31, 2020
In light of the rising concern around the country and the world regarding the respiratory illness caused by a strain of coronavirus, Notre Dame officials said in an email they have no reason to believe members of the Notre Dame community are at risk of acquiring the virus. The officials that penned the email included
Serena Zacharias | Monday, September 23, 2019
In preparation for flu season, University Health Services (UHS) hosted their annual Flu Blitz on Tuesday through Thursday providing free influenza vaccines to prevent campus community members from falling sick in the midst of the fall semester. Director of UHS Sharon McMullen said this year the University administered approximately 6,450 flu vaccines to students, retirees,
Mary Bernard | Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Two weeks before finals in the spring of his junior year, senior Brian Pulawski fell off his skateboard and landed on his hand with his thumb bent underneath it. He continued on to class, assuming the injury was no more than a sprain. However, by the time his 75-minute Biochemistry class had ended, his hurt
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, February 8, 2018
An email signed by University Health Services (UHS) director Sharon McMullen announced Wednesday to the Notre Dame student body that a “graduate student/professional school student” was recently treated for “symptoms associated with tuberculosis (TB).” “The student has been tested at a local hospital and the results are pending,” the email said. Due to privacy concerns,
Nicole Simon | Wednesday, February 7, 2018
This flu season, a particularly virulent strain of the disease is sweeping the nation. The Notre Dame community has not found itself exempt from the outbreak. “On campus, we have seen 30 percent more cases of flu this year as compared with this time last year,” Sharon McMullen, director of University Health Services said in
Natalie Weber | Thursday, December 7, 2017
As the first half of their term draws to a close, student body president Becca Blais and vice president Sibonay Shewit said they have been working hard to integrate student feedback into their initiatives. “We’re still in the process with the [student government] website and a few other things, but just [focusing on] changing the