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A person's arm is shown getting the vaccine

A shot in the arm

UC Riverside experts answer questions on Americans needing just one COVID-19 booster vaccine each year
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Health
A syringe injecting a vaccine into a ball with pins that represents the covid-19 virus

Should you get a second booster shot for COVID-19?

UC Riverside’s Dr. David Lo, a vaccine expert, shares his thoughts
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Health

It's back to the classroom on Jan. 31

UC Riverside resumes in-person instruction on Jan. 31. The first four weeks of winter quarter will have been remote, a product of a post-holidays spike in the new and highly transmissible Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. But Provost Elizabeth Watkins said in a Jan. 24 email to campus that...
By John Warren | | University, Students
COVID testing

Booster mandate explained; students vaccines available

Emails to students and employees this week stressed the need to comply with booster mandates. This effectively refreshes the mandate requirements students and employees were asked to comply with this past fall, based on UC requirements. That mandate was met with more than a 95% vaccination rate among UCR’s students...
By UCR News | | University, Students