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Boston Public Schools to keep mask mandate beyond state’s deadline

By Walker Armstrong • February 17, 2022

Boston Public School's mask mandate will remain in effect beyond the state's Feb. 28 deadline.

BU reinstates pre-pandemic visitor policy, returns to once-a-week testing

By Tian Liao • February 16, 2022

BU encourages visitors to be vaccinated, but stopped short of a mandate, in an email sent out Feb. 15.

BU’s positivity rate drops below one percent for first time this year

By Daily Free Press Staff • February 11, 2022

The decline in cases comes one week after BU's transition to unobserved testing.

Baker administration calls for easing of COVID measures at colleges, students’ wellbeing at risk

By Jit Ping Lee • February 4, 2022

Two Cabinet secretaries from the Baker administration urged colleges and universities to ease strict campus-wide COVID-19 protocols on Jan. 28.

BU transitions to unobserved testing at Charles River Campus

By Daily Free Press Staff • February 3, 2022

Observed testing will cease completely at 808 after Feb. 10. Medical campus will transition next week.

Boston city employee vaccine mandate extended to Jan. 30

By Talia Lissauer • January 28, 2022

Mayor Michelle Wu announced a one-week-long postponement to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate until Jan. 30 for city employees to comply without being disciplined or placed on unpaid leave.

BU students stage walk-out, demonstration to protest current COVID-19 policies

By Talia Lissauer • January 26, 2022

Organizers demanded classes be taught remotely until the positivity rate drops below 1%, among other things.

Nurses Association calls for state of emergency as hospitals overcrowd with patients

By Zoe Tseng • January 26, 2022

The Massachusetts Nurses Association has called on Gov. Charlie Baker to declare a state of emergency as hospitals struggle to deal with the overwhelming number of COVID-19 patients.

SPH students call for hybrid learning options in petition, open letter amid rise in COVID-19 cases

By Phil London • January 24, 2022

Students called into question BU's decision to remain fully in-person, decrease quarantine period

Boston introduces policy requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter certain indoor spaces

By Taylor Brokesh • January 21, 2022

As of Jan.15, Mayor Michelle Wu's B Together policy — a mandate requiring proof of one COVID-19 vaccine dose to enter certain indoor spaces in Boston — came into effect.

BU announces new testing, isolation requirements for Spring semester as COVID-19 cases hit all-time high

By Daily Free Press Staff • January 6, 2022

Undergraduates will be tested twice a week and the isolation period has been reduced from 10 to 5 days.

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

By Lauren Rowlands • December 27, 2021

The Omicron variant is likely behind the record 137 cases and a positivity rate nearly 13 times the average.