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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

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scientist holds a vial of the pfizer-biontech covid-19 vaccine

BU announces student COVID-19 vaccination requirement for Fall 2021

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 12, 2021
The vaccine will be mandatory to return to campus in order to facilitate in-person learning.
vaccination center at boston university fitness and recreation center

BU community reflects on vaccination experiences thus far

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 31, 2021
Students, faculty and staff share how they got their vaccines as the state's rollout continues.
reggie lewis track and field center at roxbury community college

Mass vaccination site opens at Roxbury Community College

Isabella Abraham March 3, 2021
CIC’s operations opened with an initial dosage capacity of 800 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations per day, with plans to increase that number to 2,500 daily appointments in a month’s time —half will be reserved for local residents.
Boston Medical Center. The BMC received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 14. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Boston Medical Center receives its first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Juncheng Quan December 20, 2020
The vaccine arrived at BMC, which is affiliated with BU's School of Medicine, on Dec. 14.
The Massachusetts-based company Thermo Fisher has started building freezers designed specifically to store coronavirus vaccines. COURTESY OF RAYSONHO VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Massachusetts company builds freezers for COVID-19 vaccine storage

Juncheng Quan December 9, 2020
If approved, the vaccine will need to be stored at temperatures around negative 70 degrees Celsius, or negative 94 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dearborn STEM Academy. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Tuesday that Boston Public Schools students will likely not return to in-person instruction until 2021. FELIX PHILLIPS/ DFP FILE

Boston public schools unlikely to fully reopen before new year

Daniel Kool December 4, 2020
Mayor Marty Walsh said he hopes to present a reopening plan within the next two weeks - nearly nine months since schools first closed due to the pandemic.
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