Stanford epidemiologist and infectious disease expert Yvonne Maldonado provides an overview of the new vaccine opportunities, the efficacy rates found so far and what you need to know to protect young children.
In a letter to the campus community, Provost Persis Drell and Russell Furr, associate vice provost for environmental health and safety, offer information about planning for winter quarter return.
How you can apply lessons learned during the pandemic to your future
Dean of Academic Advising Louis Newman offers advice to Stanford undergraduates on applying the lessons learned during the pandemic to the academic and life choices ahead.
Moderna protects against delta variant in prison outbreak
A Stanford study at a California prison found that although there were more breakthrough COVID-19 infections than before the emergence of the delta variant, vaccinated prison residents had few symptomatic cases.
Compliance with new federal vaccination requirement
Provost Persis Drell, Dean Lloyd Minor and Russell Furr, associate vice provost for Environmental Health & Safety, share information about how Stanford will comply with the executive order requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for employees of federal contractors. Read more.
5 steps to getting started with surveillance testing
Fully vaccinated faculty, staff and postdocs returning to work on-site will need to test themselves for COVID-19 once per week. Unvaccinated faculty, staff and postdocs working on-site four or more days per week are required to test twice per week. Here's how to get started.
Surgical masks reduce COVID-19 spread, large-scale study shows
Researchers found that surgical masks worn over the mouth and nose reduce the spread of COVID-19 in community settings and that just a few, low-cost interventions increase mask-wearing compliance.
