The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/omicron/)
Prof. Cynthia Leifer, college of veterinary medicine, explains what the FDA’s recent approval of the COVID-19 bivalent booster means for the general public.
With the University’s return to in-person classes on Monday, Cornellians note an overall sense of excitement, though some remain concerned about a possible campus closure if COVID cases spike.
After an abrupt end to the fall semester due to a campus-wide COVID-19 outbreak, the University has updated Cornellians on campus operations for the beginning of spring semester.
Students express relief and frustration over Cornell’s decision to offer two weeks of virtual instruction and increase testing in the wake of December’s COVID-19 surge.
As Cornell students returned from Thanksgiving travel to wrap up their semester in Ithaca, it became home to one of the country’s “first superspreader” events of the new Omicron variant.