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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. 
Boston University International Students and Scholars Office. International students faced difficulties returning to campus due to travel restrictions and experienced challenges with ISSO over winter break. SOPHIA FLISSLER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International students report ISSO delays, travel difficulties as Spring semester begins

Vanessa Bartlett January 27, 2021
International students returning to campus for the Spring semester have reported varying degrees of difficulty in traveling back to the United States because of delays in receiving paperwork from the International Students and Scholars Office.
EDITORIAL: COVID-19 fatigue is not reason to be irresponsible

EDITORIAL: COVID-19 fatigue is not reason to be irresponsible

Editors December 8, 2020
COVID-19 fatigue is affecting us all, but the pandemic is only getting worse in the U.S. If we want a return to actual normalcy — unlike the false reality we are living in now — we must stay diligent in our commitment to public health and safety. The federal government will be a leading figure in allowing us to do so.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston University’s School of Music has adapted performances to suit both remote and in-person learning. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

School of Music adapts performances, auditions in accordance with pandemic

Anne Jonas September 30, 2020
The show must go on, according to faculty and students in the CFA School of Music, who are taking increased health and safety precautions to keep music alive this semester across remote and in-person classes.
Boston University students and instructors attending certain in-person classes could be considered close contacts if someone in their class tests positive for COVID-19, according to BU Nurse Practitioner Hannah Nichols. COURTESY OF ALEXEY HULSOV VIA PIXABAY

‘Unique situations’ outside BU’s close-contact definition can also warrant contact tracing

Julia Ermi September 24, 2020
Instructors and students attending in-person classes may be identified as close contacts in certain cases outside BU’s official definition, BU Nurse Practitioner Hannah Nichols wrote in an email Wednesday.
On Labor Day weekend, Boston University removed several questions from the daily symptom survey on the BU Healthway website, bringing the total number of questions from 15 down to eight. MIA KHATIB/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU removes some COVID-19 symptom survey questions, updates Data Dashboard

Rin Velasco September 9, 2020
Seven questions concerning symptoms previously associated with COVID-19 on BU’s symptom attestation survey were removed over Labor Day weekend, bringing the total number of questions down from 15 to eight. 
Following the announcement at American University in early September and at Cornell University on Oct. 8 that trigger warnings will not be allowed in classrooms, many have questioned what will happen at Boston University. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU to update ventilation systems in some buildings as part of COVID-19 preparations

Julia Ermi August 5, 2020
In another move to address COVID-19 concerns on BU’s campus, BU Facilities Management and Operations Staff is working to improve mechanical heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems — referred to as HVAC — in the 120 buildings on campus that have them. 
Protester Rania Belqaie gets her eyes washed with water after being pepper-sprayed by a Boston police officer during a march against police brutality in May. On Thursday, Massachusetts state representatives voted against an amendment that would have banned the use of tear gas and other chemical agents by police in the state. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. House debates, allows continued police use of tear gas

Inyeong Kim July 30, 2020
The Massachusetts House overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would've banned police use of chemical riot control agents, such as tear gas or pepper spray.
Massachusetts sees first confirmed case of coronavirus

Massachusetts sees first confirmed case of coronavirus

Angela Yang February 1, 2020
State public health officials confirmed a UMass Boston student who had returned from Wuhan, China tested positive for the virus.
Mayor Walsh lead the first meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayor's Substance Abuse, Prevention and Recovery Services Task Force Wednesday as part of the 84th Annual Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DFP FILE PHOTO

Mayor Walsh chairs task force to address substance abuse

Izzy Weinberg January 26, 2016

Mayor Martin Walsh chaired the first meeting Thursday for the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Substance Abuse, Prevention and Recovery Services Task Force. The task force aims to tackle the national epidemic...

Boston Children's Hospital is researching and pioneering new methods for blood transfusion. PHOTO BY JOSEPHBARILLARI/WIKIMEDIA

Boston Children’s Hospital ends bad blood between donors, patients

Olivia Deng March 24, 2015

In 2013, anemia, a condition in which one does not have enough healthy red blood cells, resulted in 4,894 deaths, according to statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More...

Boston University assistant professor Darren Roblyer designed a probe to monitor tumor development and adapt drug selection for fighting cancer. PHOTO COURTESY OF DARREN ROBLYER

New device promises adapted cancer treatments as unique as patients

Olivia Deng March 3, 2015

Cancer claimed 584,881 lives in 2013, making it the second leading cause of death in the United States that year, according to statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The...

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