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Student Health Services

Boston University Releases Updated Health Policies for the 2022-2023 Academic Year

Clara Cho September 19, 2022
Boston University will no longer require masks in classrooms and weekly testing.
COVID-19 testing center employee lay offs

Laid off COVID-19 testing-site workers search for new jobs as surveillance testing ends

Fiona Broadie May 1, 2022
As COVID-19 surveillance testing comes to an end, testing site workers prepare to be laid off.
East to West: Mar. 4, 2022

East to West: Mar. 4, 2022

Ellen Maloney March 4, 2022

Spring break! Today on East to West, we cover members of the BU community standing with Ukraine, BU’s updated mask mandate, and more. Click here to stream this episode of “East to West” on Spotify,...

Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: For some, masks are here to stay — and that’s okay

Editors March 3, 2022
What may seem like an unwelcome cause of “maskne” for someone who has already gotten COVID-19 may be a necessary health measure for a student with immunocompromised family members. 
Wu vaccine mandate appeal

Local unions continue fight for vaccine injunction

Bella Ramirez March 2, 2022
Mayor Michelle Wu’s vaccine mandate on the city’s workforce was blocked Feb. 15, leading to the City appealing the decision Feb. 25.
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BU transitions to unobserved testing at Charles River Campus

Daily Free Press Staff February 3, 2022
Observed testing will cease completely at 808 after Feb. 10. Medical campus will transition next week.
Boston University highest number of COVID-19 cases in one day

BU records highest single-day number of COVID-19 cases over winter break

Lauren Rowlands December 27, 2021
The Omicron variant is likely behind the record 137 cases and a positivity rate nearly 13 times the average.
East to West: Nov. 22, 2021

East to West: Nov. 22, 2021

Veronica Thompson November 22, 2021

Enjoy the break! Today on East to West, we cover BU’s Thanksgiving Break COVID-19 guidelines, a Wheelock seminar on different generational teaching styles, MFA workers striking and more.    Click...

East to West: Nov. 2, 2021

East to West: Nov. 2, 2021

Veronica Thompson November 2, 2021

Happy Election Day! Today on East to West, we cover Halloween festivities around campus, the kickstart of BU’s poetry reading series, BU StuGov and BIG hosting the Boston mayoral forum and more. Click...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Boston University’s new pandemic policies are not cutting it

Editors September 2, 2021
Boston University’s new pandemic measures place too much emphasis on student responsibility rather than institutional measures designed to keep students, faculty and service workers safe.
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BU to lift social distance requirements for summer, keep masks indoors

Emily Stevenson June 12, 2021
Starting June 14, physical distancing requirements will no longer be in place on BU campuses.
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BU hosts symposium on immigrant health care, advocates health equity for all

Yiran Yu April 16, 2021
For World Chagas Day, BU experts spoke at a symposium on the importance of immigrant health care.
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