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COVID-19

BreakingCOVID-19News
March 7, 2022

BREAKING: Boise State lifts mask mandate, effective March 14

By Ashley L. Clark
Boise State announced that it is fully removing its campus mask mandate, effective March 14. In an email to faculty and staff on Monday evening, the university stated that masks will be optional in all university spaces, including indoor instructional spaces like…
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BreakingCOVID-19News
February 28, 2022

BREAKING: Boise State lifts campus mask mandate, excluding “instructional spaces”

By Ashley L. Clark
Masks will be optional in all university administrative, athletic, event and communal spaces effective March 7. This includes Albertsons Library, the Rec Center, the Student Union Building (SUB), resident halls and other campus buildings. However, masks will still be…
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COVID-19News
February 1, 2022

COVID surges in Idaho: Crisis standards and National Guard activated

By Ashley L. Clark
Gov. Brad Little announced Monday that he is reactivating the Idaho National Guard in response to climbing COVID numbers in the state. Little is activating 75 guardsmen to assist at Primary Health Medical Group and the Idaho Department of Correction, both of which…
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COVID-19News
January 22, 2022

Campus COVID numbers set a new all-time high

By Andrea Teres-Martinez
New data posted to Boise State University’s COVID tracking dashboard shows a new record-high of positive cases among students, staff and faculty. Within the past seven days, 371 new cases were reported to the Boise State Public Health Office — five cases higher than…
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COVID-19News
January 8, 2022

Boise State sets highest all-time COVID case and positivity rate records with Omicron surge

By Blake Hunter
Boise State has recorded all-pandemic highs in both COVID cases and the testing positivity rate with the Spring 2021 semester set to begin on Monday. The university’s COVID tracking dashboard shows that 179 campus community members tested positive for COVID-19 during…
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COVID-19News
December 11, 2021

How the Boise State Public Health Office has managed contact tracing throughout the pandemic

By Andrea Teres-Martinez
The Boise State Public Health Office is tasked with managing the university’s COVID-19 contact tracing, a service that is constantly changing to fit student needs. Contact tracing efforts by the Public Health Office began back in the summer of 2020 in anticipation for…
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BreakingCOVID-19News
December 7, 2021

BREAKING: Vaccine mandate for federal contractors suspended, nullifying Jan. 4 deadline for BSU employees

By Alaina Uhlenhoff
A U.S. District Court in Georgia ruled to pause enforcement of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors on Tuesday, stating the president likely overreached his authority with the Executive Order. Boise State was preparing employees to…
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AdministrationCOVID-19News
November 30, 2021

Boise State confirms Executive Order employee vaccination plan, lawsuit still pending

By Julianne Gee
In an email to employees on Tuesday morning, Vice President for University Affairs and Chief of Staff Alicia Estey reiterated Boise State’s plan to follow the executive order given by President Biden requiring all federal employees to be vaccinated. According to the…
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COVID-19Idaho GovernmentNews
November 5, 2021

BREAKING: Federal vaccine mandate “appears to apply” to university employees as guidelines and Georgia lawsuit unfold

By Andrea Teres-Martinez
The Idaho State Board of Education (ISBE) has voted to join a lawsuit filed in Georgia challenging President Biden’s executive vaccination order. For the time being, federal contractors, including Idaho’s four year institutions, will have to comply with the order because…
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COVID-19News
November 4, 2021

COVID-19 boosters now available at the Boise State Vaccination Clinic

By Kelby Andrew
Appointments for Pfizer, Moderna and Jannsen (J&J) booster shots are now available to the Boise community through the Boise State Vaccination Clinic. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sanctioned the use of Moderna and J&J boosters; Pfizer…
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