This week, new COVID-19 vaccine recommendations have come in from an expert committee advising the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for five...
Kelly Adkins, Student Life Editor
• October 26, 2021
A novel pandemic, a hurricane evacuation, the great flood and now the #CollegePlague; our university students have had quite the fall semester. The ironically-named “plague” is not only an unidentified...
According to a report from an FDA official on Oct. 5, individuals 18 years and older could soon be eligible for COVID-19 booster shots.
While booster shots aren’t available for the general population,...
Perspective
On Sept. 21, during the United Nations’ (U.N.) 76th Session in New York, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said that despite the world's progress with vaccines, wealthier countries...
On Aug. 5, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued an executive order allowing municipalities the ability to implement mask requirements. On Aug. 17, Lamont ordered that all Kindergarten through 12th-grade...
To President Kaplan,
This week, we have learned that being in a position of authority does not place you above the rules. On Sept. 9, you were seen in the Beckerman Recreation Center with your face...
As the new school year charges on, the University of New Haven has made many new announcements and regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and campus life.
The university’s COVID-19 information...
For over a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has raged the world with deaths, terror and fear, and continues to impact the changing sense of normalcy. Many industries that once thrived in in-person settings,...
May 12 will mark the end of the spring 2021 semester. Despite the relief students may feel as summer approaches, how confident do students feel about finals? For many college students, final exams are...
As we were thrust into a “new normal” a little over a year ago, it has been difficult to ease out of that, back into the “old normal.” Masks, face shields or hand sanitizing stations at every corner...
Fifteen million doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine were thrown away at a major Baltimore facility, following costly employee errors.
Rollout of the J&J vaccine has quickly slowed...
Zoom and similar teleconferencing software have been popularized in various industries because of COVID-19 pandemic policies. Businesses, medical practices and entertainment, among other industries, have...
In a year of never-ending dark moments amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, a light has been cast on the path out: a vaccine. After appearing to be a far-off reality earlier in the pandemic, it is now becoming...
When students walk across the University of New Haven’s campus, it is clear that life is different. From weekly COVID-19 tests to updating the CoVerified app, New Haven has been forced to shift their...
Beth Beaudry, Student Life Editor
• March 29, 2021
Nearly one month after the University of New Haven switched to yellow alert status and a COVID outbreak in Bixler Hall, the campus is preparing to move back to green status.
Green status, according...
