COVID-19 Vaccine

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Campus community can now get flu and COVID boosters with no appointment necessary

By Jennifer Tran | Sep. 12

UNC students and community members can now receive the flu and Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent booster shots at several locations on campus. Those with health insurance are encouraged to bring their insurance cards, according to UNC flu vaccination website.

The Tar Heel Town Pharmacy Covid-19 vaccination site,  pictured on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022.

NCDHHS announces availability of updated COVID-19 boosters, aims to combat new subvariants

By Maggie McIntyre | Sep. 11

UNC announces updated COVID-19 policies for fall semester return

By Elizabeth Egan and Liv Reilly | Jul. 29

FDA approves Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months

By Ethan E. Horton | Jun. 26

A mask lies in a puddle in front of the Student Stores Building in January.

University to lift mask mandate beginning March 7

By Allie Kelly and Liv Reilly | Mar. 2

UNC will lift its indoor mask mandate on March 7, the University announced in a campus-wide email on Wednesday.

A discarded mask lies under empty chairs in Kenan Stadium on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.

UNC System announces mask-optional change, University to keep mandate following county policies

By Allie Kelly | Feb. 25

The UNC System announced on Friday that its institutions should make wearing masks indoors optional by March 7. The change will not affect UNC-Chapel Hill at this time.

Gov. Roy Cooper speaks Thursday at Pizzeria Mercato in Carrboro, which recently implemented a vaccination requirement to dine there.

Gov. Roy Cooper encourages schools to end mask mandates

By Lauren McCarthy | Feb. 17

"Today, I'm encouraging them to end mask requirements," Gov. Roy Cooper said in a press conference Thursday.

DTH Photo Illustration. A stack of N95 masks is on display.

Orange County Health Department to distribute free N95 masks beginning Friday

By Emmy Martin | Feb. 9

OCHD will begin distributing free N95 masks on Friday while supplies last.

Students exit their in-person classes on UNC's campus on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022.

Editorial: In the return to in-person instruction, N95 masks must be accessible

By Editorial Board | Feb. 8

"Although federal programs have made N95 masks more accessible, students still cannot be sure that they — and everyone else in their classrooms — have them. Policies like these only serve to obstruct public health and safety."

Students can get vaccinated at the Carolina Vaccination Clinic, pictured here on Feb. 5, 2022.

'At a loss': Professors and lawmakers react to rejection of school vaccine mandate

By Ian Walniuk | Feb. 6

While government and public health officials in the state had said such a mandate would be premature, some faculty who signed the petition for a college vaccine mandate disagree.

A screenshot of State Assistant Attorney General John Barkley explaining the process behind amending immunization policy over Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.

N.C. Commission for Public Health votes against COVID-19 vaccine mandate proposal

By Ian Walniuk | Feb. 3

The North Carolina Commission for Public Health on Wednesday unanimously voted against a proposal that would make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for students 17 and older in the state.

Students return to campus for the first day of classes of the fall semester, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.

UNC plans move to fully in-person instruction over the next two weeks

By Allie Kelly | Jan. 27

All UNC classes are expected to resume in-person instruction by the end of the next two weeks, the University announced in a campus-wide email Thursday.