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FDA approves Pfizer vaccine for ages 16 and up, UNF stands by its decision to just encourage vaccinations

FDA approves Pfizer vaccine for ages 16 and up, UNF stands by its decision to just encourage vaccinations

Carter Mudgett, News Editor | Aug 24, 2021

Vaccinations are taking huge strides as the FDA fully approved the Pfizer vaccine for use on ages 16 and up yesterday, an upgrade from its emergency approval.  “[The] public can be very confident...

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Concern and relief as students return to campus during the pandemic

Concern and relief as students return to campus during the pandemic

Omar Aftab, Reporter | Aug 19, 2021

Featured Image via Unsplash/Philips Jacobe Much has changed since the last time most UNF students stepped foot on campus. COVID-19 has ravaged the world and changed how everyone looks at safety, social...

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UNF Sees slight decrease in COVID cases

Nathan Turoff, Features Editor | Aug 17, 2021

Classes resume next Monday, and Students are beginning to move in for the fall semester. Many students, such as RA’s and summer students, have already been on campus for weeks or even longer.  This...

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Dorm rooms, one of the on campus amenities that may end up being unavailable to students if Covid-19 cases surge. 
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Does living off campus take away from the college experience?

Omar Aftab, Reporter | Aug 16, 2021

College is known for being all about the “experience.” It gives young adults a chance to live on their own in a relatively stable environment and prepare to become increasingly responsible before gaining...

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UNF releases statement setting ‘strong expectation’ for mask wearing

Nathan Turoff, Features Editor | Aug 10, 2021

UNF just announced that "effective immediately," all people on UNF property are strongly encouraged to wear masks indoors, vaccinated or not. Screenshot of release. This carefully worded statement...

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UNF announces vaccine incentive program

Carter Mudgett, News Editor | Aug 9, 2021

UNF will be giving students $100 in Ozzie Bucks if they qualify for the vaccine incentive program. In order to qualify, students must scan and electronically submit a copy of their CDC vaccination card...

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‘I'm standing in your way’: Florida school districts split on response to Governor DeSantis as cases skyrocket

‘I’m standing in your way’: Florida school districts split on response to Governor DeSantis as cases skyrocket

Carter Mudgett, News Editor | Aug 9, 2021

COVID-19 cases have topped 200 million as children across the country begin the return to school. In Florida, the “epicenter” for America’s coronavirus pandemic according to NPR, school districts...

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COVID testing available at Osprey Landing

COVID testing available at Osprey Landing

Darvin Nelson, General Assignment Reporter | Aug 9, 2021

Walk-in COVID-19 testing is free for all UNF students, faculty, and staff at the Osprey Landing on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The site is at Building W, outside room 106.  Courtesy...

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Spinnaker Poll: How many students are vaccinated?; UNF student thoughts on getting the vaccine

Spinnaker Poll: How many students are vaccinated?; UNF student thoughts on getting the vaccine

Nathan Turoff, Features Editor | Jul 29, 2021

The number of COVID cases is rising again among communities as vaccinations stagger. Several different demographics are recording lower vaccination rates than normal, and one of them is young adults.  Vaccination...

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FILE - In this April 29, 2021, file photo, a man runs to escape heat emitting from the multiple funeral pyres of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium in the outskirts of New Delhi, India. India's excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India's worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the south Asian country. (AP Photo/Amit Sharma, File)

AP: The Latest: India’s pandemic death toll may be in millions

Jul 20, 2021

NEW DELHI — The most comprehensive research yet estimates India’s excess deaths during the coronavirus pandemic were a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll. Most experts believe India’s...

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Pet abandonment in Jacksonville is seeing an overall decline according to the Jacksonville Humane Society

Carter Mudgett, Student Government Reporter | May 28, 2021

News sources across the nation have been reporting an increase in pet abandonment in America. However, the Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS) says that they are seeing quite the opposite here in the city.  Spinnaker...

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2021, file photo, a person wearing face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks near a sign advertising a rapid COVID-19 testing site in Philadelphia. U.S. healthy officials say that most fully vaccinated Americans can skip testing for COVID-19, even if they were exposed to someone infected.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

AP: COVID testing’s value shrinks as vaccines beat back virus

MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press | May 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials’ new, more relaxed recommendations on masks have all but eclipsed another major change in guidance from the government: Fully vaccinated Americans can largely...

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