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-10 posts tagged "Vaccines"
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Director of University Health Services (UHS) Edward Junkins announced in an email Wednesday that all Notre Dame undergraduate, graduate and professional students will be required to receive a seasonal flu vaccine again this fall. This is the third year the University has required students to get the flu vaccine. The requirement began in the fall
Emma Duffy | Tuesday, February 22, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken over college campuses in the last two years. Notre Dame has instituted countless safety precautions in place to remedy this issue, and now, the impact of these measures is being studied to test the effectiveness of the University’s overall response. The research was conducted by the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, February 10, 2022
A Letter to the Editor published on Feb. 7 highlighted some of the percolating frustrations among the student body concerning vaccine and booster mandates. This was a refreshing opinion piece, because while I see these same frustrations being talked about on the national level, rarely have I seen students willing or able to discuss them
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Tuesday, October 26, 2021
I have noticed that in the past couple of months everyone around me seems to speak of the pandemic in the past tense. This is particularly true within the Notre Dame bubble. We’ve all been ecstatic at the idea of a normal semester. But we seem to forget that this situation does not mirror itself
Observer Staff Report | Friday, August 6, 2021
In an email to the Notre Dame community Friday, University provost Marie Lynn Miranda announced updated health and safety protocols for the fall semester. “In our planning, we have worked closely with Dr. Mark Fox, deputy health commissioner for St. Joseph County, as well as other public health officials, and have reviewed recent guidelines from
Ellie Konfrst | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
If you’re a friend of mine, a family member, or honestly anyone who’s interacted with me in the last few weeks, I’ve probably asked you the same unanswerable question: Should I cut my hair? It’s always the same conversation. I feel like I need a change, but I like being able to braid and style
Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 12, 2021
After over a whole year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the end is finally within sight. Vaccinations are occurring across the U.S. at a rapid rate, including now at the University of Notre Dame. Courtesy of the Indiana Department of Health, students can receive doses of the Pfizer vaccine through the months of April and
Renee Yaseen | Monday, April 12, 2021
Rejection letters. We all get them, we all hate them. This week, I stumbled upon Rejection Letters, a literary magazine that publishes … fictional rejection letters. Satirical, heartbreaking, artistically-inclined rejection letters. What a concept! I was inspired, looking for a Viewpoint column idea and still cooling off from my last inbox disappointment. As is written
Megan Fahrney | Tuesday, October 13, 2020
ThinkND and the Eck Institute for Global Helath presented their second webinar of the series “Consider This! Simplifying the COVID-19 Conversation” Monday. This session was titled “Vaccines and the Immunology of COVID-19,” and covered COVID-19 vaccines, the clinical trial process and immunity. The goal of the series is to fight against common misconceptions about COVID-19. Monday’s
Mike Donovan | Wednesday, April 26, 2017
If you were to take a tour of my headspace, you’d probably get lost in the vast collection of pop culture references, meticulously organized to describe the effects of hopeless romanticism and sporadic solipsism on my otherwise pleasant life. At the end of the tour, you’d wonder why I would spend so much time thinking