COVID-19 News and Updates

To the Mason Community:

To the Mason Community:

‘Trying To Chase A Train’: Fairfax’s Effort To Vaccinate Unhoused Residents. 

The spike in Coronavirus cases could force hospitals into tough choices because of limited resources.

George Mason University officials are encouraging those who are eligible to go ahead and schedule their third COVID-19 vaccine doses or booster shots to best help keep the entire community safe.

Members of George Mason University’s COVID Response Team were recognized for their work by the Professional Bull Riding Incorporated group at the group’s Fairfax Invitational event at EagleBank Arena.

With COVID-19 continuing to spread throughout the world, there is a demand for rapid, noninvasive diagnostics. George Mason University researchers Robin Couch and Allyson Dailey, members of the College of Science and the Institute of Biohealth Innovation, are working to answer that call with their research on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for infectious disease detection.

Delta variant stress tests back-to-school plans. 

Wearing masks is one way Mason fights the spread of COVID-19.

Now that most public school districts have resumed in-person instruction, those in health care are beginning to see increases in pediatric admissions due to COVID-19 and other respiratory pathogens and are bracing for surges, according to Amira Albert Roess, professor of global health and epidemiology in George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services.

George Mason University is disbursing millions of dollars in CARES Act funding to more than 14,000 eligible students this fall, with the latest funds to be awarded in early September.

Need A Vaccine For That Oral Argument? Well, It Depends.