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covid / flu shot

COVID-19 updated boosters garner underwhelming opinion among Bostonians

Macie Parker September 30, 2022
The new Omicron booster has not been highly administered, Bostonians react to the booster.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Minority Report: Get the Flu Shot

Lincoln Son Currie October 13, 2021
As Americans, we all have a responsibility to do better at getting our flu shots every year, and that includes me.
East to West: Oct. 5, 2020

East to West: Oct. 5, 2020

Justin Tang October 5, 2020

On today’s episode of East to West, we discuss how two BU alumni who will be wed at BU beach, BU’s recent postponing of its immunization clinic, reactions to a COVID outbreak at Brigham and Women’s...

Boston University President Robert Brown in his office on Silber Way. On Tuesday, Brown spoke with The Daily Free Press in a Zoom interview to discuss returning to fully in-person learning in the Fall, along with other issues concerning students. ANDRES PICON/ DFP FILE

President Brown speaks on campus reopening logistics and more with The Daily Free Press

Allison Pirog June 26, 2020
In an interview with The Daily Free Press Thursday, BU President Robert Brown discussed building a sense of community on a physically distanced campus; minimizing health risks for BU students, faculty and staff; and communicating to the student body about unprecedented decisions — as well as other issues that have lingered in students’ minds in recent weeks.
A young patient prepares to receive a shot. The Boston Department of Public Health is encouraging people to get their vaccines amidst the onset of flu season. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF HEATHER HAZZAN VIA SELF

Flu season is here, professionals urge students to get vaccines

Mary Lulloff October 16, 2019
This comes as some medical researchers are expecting this year's flu season to be particularly severe. As of last week, Massachusetts has seen 82 cases of flu.
Cold and flu treatments and medications are in high demand as flu season begins to hit college campuses. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Flu spreads quickly on college campus, students’ lifestyles put them at greater risk

Roshni Kotwani November 29, 2018
Whether it’s sleeping, studying or eating, college students are constantly in close contact with one another. While this proximity allows social interactions to grow, it simultaneously catalyzes the spread of viruses.
PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REYNOLDS: One Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Rebecca Reynolds October 30, 2014

Dear Young, Healthy and Unvaccinated, Why are you choosing not to get a flu shot? Is it because you are a busy college student who “ain’t got time for that?” Perhaps you insist that getting a...

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