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Breakthrough Infections May Cause Long COVID Symptoms, Small Study Suggests at 2:29 pm NPR There's more potentially worrisome news for vaccinated people: In very rare cases, people experiencing "breakthrough infections" may be at risk for long-COVID symptoms. That's according to a small new study of fully vaccinated health care workers in Israel, published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers at the Sheba Medical Center in Israel studied 1,497 vaccinated health care workers, including 39 who got infected despite their inoculations. Of those, seven �...

Student Mental Health Is Worse During COVID-19 June 11, 6:17 a.m. Another study has found that student mental health worsened during the pandemic, The Washington Post reported. In the study, researchers tracked 217 students who were freshmen in 2017. Prior to the pandemic, students’ stress levels rose and fell, usually in tandem with midterm and final exams. Since the onset of

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Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education By Washington State Public Four-Year Colleges Go Test Optional, Permanently May 21, 6:18 a.m. Public four-year colleges in Washington State have gone test optional, permanently. "The decision to move to permanent test-optional policies reaffirm our sector’s commitment to reduce barriers for students. Further, as we enter a period of post-COVID-19 recovery, we continue our commitment to learn from this historic challenge and embrace long-term changes that best serve our students and state," said a joint statement from the provost...

UMass Issues Stay-at-Home Order for 2 Weeks Feb. 8, 6:24 a.m. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst ordered all students to "self-sequester" for two weeks. "Self-sequestration means that students must stay in their residences, both on and off campus, except to get meals, undergo twice-weekly COVID testing, or to attend medical appointments. In addition, to minimize