COVID-19 News and Updates

Researchers from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative take on projects that expand the contributions of social scientists to cyber security challenges through funding of multidisciplinary projects.

Virginia Gov. Youngkin Discourages Asymptomatic COVID-19 Testing Amid Supply Challenges. 

In observance of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Directive issued January 15 for managing responses to COVID-19, George Mason University will now strongly encourage employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters, and to share their vaccination status with Mason.

D.C. is requiring vaccines to enter restaurants and gyms. In most of its suburbs, it’s a very different story.

Mason is committed to providing community members with mask options, and has ordered 180,000 N95 masks for the campus community, to be delivered in multiple shipments. The first batch of 35,000 is expected to arrive this week.

This spring we are guided by three goals for success: preserving health and safety, minimizing operational disruptions, and stopping the spread of the virus to hasten the end of the pandemic.  We urge administrative and academic units to review their contingency plans and update them as appropriate.

D.C. Region Could Reach Peak In COVID Cases As Soon As Next Week, Health Experts Say. 

Everything you need to know about masks: What kind to get, where to buy them, and how often you can reuse them.

On December 31, George Mason University announced it has joined the growing community of universities requiring that students, staff, and faculty receive Covid booster shots for the spring 2022 semester. This requirement has been largely well-received, but it has prompted some questions that merit the university offering a deeper explanation.

January 10, 2022   To the Mason Community:

Florida’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging, but state has 2nd-lowest death rate. What’s going on?

Schools across US bracing for impact as Omicron spreads and threatens to disrupt in-person learning.