COVID-19 News

Have a safe and healthy fall semester. Here’s what you need to know right now.

We are coming together from many different places. Extra caution is a good idea.

It is startling to see the words “now in the third year of the pandemic” in print, but here we are.

The CDC has switched from talking about being “fully vaccinated” to staying “up to date on vaccinations.”

President Gabel announced some drop in the mask policy on UMN Twin Cities campus. But does that mean we're out of the clear?

Vaccines approved for use in the U.S. are overwhelmingly safe and effective for ages five and up.

You ask, we answer. Here are a few more questions received as feedback on the previous messages.

On what do the experts agree? The omicron variant is one of the most transmissible viruses known.

I’m vaccinated, now what? First, thank you! Second, if you haven’t yet, schedule your booster shot.

I’m young and healthy, why should I get vaccinated? In the United States, we have a long history of helping each other. If a river is flooding, everyone in the community comes to pile sandbags on the riverbank against the rising water.…