The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released updated guidance for how people can protect themselves and their communities from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. The new guidance inlcudes a single set of recommendation to address risks from a range of common respiratory viral illnesses, such as COVID-19, flu, and RSV. These new recommendations are being made as the the U.S. is seeing far fewer hospitalizations and deaths associated with COVID-19 and there are more tools to fight flu, COVID, and RSV.
As a result of this new guidance, the university is rescinding its prior COVID policies and protocols. The COVID webpage has been removed from the university website. It has been replaced with a section on respiratory illnesses on the Student Health Services webpage. We ask faculty, staff, and students to review and adopt the recommendations on how to address respiratory illnesses.
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