When should I test for covid-19?
According to St. Joe’s current covid guidelines, you should get tested when you have “a fever, cough, or shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache,...
When Jenny Simrell ’25 tested positive for covid-19 on Sept. 5, she wasn’t sure what the protocols were for St. Joe’s community members who contract the virus.
After her positive...
On April 21, three days after the indoor mask mandate in Philadelphia was reinstated, city officials confirmed they were ending the mandate after improving numbers for covid-19 hospitalizations and confirmed...
Recorded covid cases spike at St. Joe's
This story has been updated from the April 13 print edition to reflect the most recent developments.
St. Joe's will reinstate its indoor mask mandate beginning...
Following the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s (PDPH) decision to lift the city-wide mask mandate on March 2, St. Joe’s followed suit, lifting its mask mandate, effective the next day.
Masks...
As of Feb. 7, the university does not have a hard number for how many community members are boosted, in part because some community members are not yet eligible to receive the shot, said Cary Anderson,...
This past August, shortly after taking my last exam at the college I attend in Sacramento, California, where I am studying for my computer science degree, I took a flight to Kabul, Afghanistan to visit...
Toby just saved hundreds of people from getting sick! Don’t forget to get your influenza shot this year. Although it is best to get it in October, it is still not too late.
It is possible to have...
Covid-19 vaccine mandates cause controversy
Vaccine mandates in the U.S. are as old as the country itself. In 1777, George Washington mandated that all his soldiers get the smallpox vaccine, and subsequent...
GRAPHIC: SADIE HENZES ’24 & CASEY WOOD ’23/THE HAWK
REPORTING: EDDIE DAOU ’22
SOURCES: Aug. 23 University Announcement from Cary Anderson, Ed.D., vice president for Student Life and associate...
Concerts are many things for different people: a form of therapy, an opportunity to see your favorite artist live, or a place to meet new people. However, for the past year, concerts have simply been “cancelled.”
While...
We need to take precautions to operate in-person
When St. Joe’s announced over the summer that the upcoming fall semester would be conducted fully in-person, many within the campus community were excited....
