In a May 25 email update, William Jewell College’s Operational Planning Team announced that the college will be implementing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for the upcoming fall 2021 semester. According to the email, all students, staff and faculty must submit proof of vaccination by August 1. Daniel Holt, author of…
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Jewell enters Level A2 of Operation Resurgent Campus – the second phase of its pandemic response
On May 17, William Jewell College transitioned from Level B of Operation Safe Campus (OSC) to Level A2 of Operation Resurgent Campus (ORC) following a satisfactory employee vaccination rate of above 84%, according to a mass email sent to students and employees. The May 14 email – delivered on the…
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FDA, CDC lift pause on Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
United States health officials lifted their recommended pause on the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine April 23, after 11 days of the hold. After conducting a review of available data and reaching out to healthcare providers across the U.S., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease…
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Jewell hosts vaccination clinic, plans to enter new phase of pandemic response with Operation Resurgent Campus
With vaccine eligibility extended to some 880,000 Missourians under activation of Phase 2 of Missouri’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan, William Jewell College partnered with Cobblestone Family Health to host a vaccination clinic for members of the local community and newly eligible Jewell employees March 29. In total, volunteers from Jewell, Cobblestone…
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Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shows promising results
After enduring almost nine months of COVID-19 in the United States, it seems as if a vaccine may not be far away. On Nov. 9, the biopharmaceutical company Pfizer and the biotech company BioNTech announced that their vaccine candidate was more than 90 percent effective in phase three trials. The…
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