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Oct. 19, 2021 - WVU in the News: Coronavirus

WVU coronavirus (COVID-19) news for Oct. 19, 2021:

The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/19/states-face-an-extra-hurdle-boosting-johnson-johnson-vaccines/

WV MetroNews (Opinion)
https://wvmetronews.com/2021/10/19/17-covid-related-deaths-at-ruby-hospital-in-one-weekend/

The Bluefield Daily Telegraph
https://www.bdtonline.com/news/officials-warn-of-possible-twindemic-between-delta-surge-flu-season/article_f26c5bea-303c-11ec-a6c1-7322b7ac7a72.html

Politico
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/prescription-pulse/2021/10/19/fda-approves-first-interchangeable-biosimilar-to-humira-798293

WV News
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-university-faculty-senate-passes-joint-resolution-with-marshall-university-asking-for-covid-vaccine/article_431094e4-30fb-11ec-ba0b-ebd66385e61c.html

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-university-to-ease-some-campus-covid-19-protocols/article_702acc1e-310b-11ec-8424-3b3fc98579a7.html

WSAZ-TV
https://www.wsaz.com/2021/10/19/wvu-easing-some-covid-requirements-starting-thursday/

WTAP-TV
https://www.wtap.com/2021/10/19/wvu-easing-some-covid-requirements-starting-thursday/

WV MetroNews
https://wvmetronews.com/2021/10/19/wvu-to-relax-part-of-mask-mandate/

The Daily Athenaeum
https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvu-to-relax-mask-mandate-again-lifts-restrictions-for-out-of-state-travelers/article_a74bb054-3107-11ec-a64d-330505672e74.html

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail (Op-Ed)
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/belinda-biafore-justice-risks-lives-with-vax-exemption-bill-opinion/article_ad541313-cd94-56cf-a4c9-215120b2a6a3.html

WTOV-TV
https://wtov9.com/news/local/as-mandate-date-nears-where-do-area-hospitals-stand-on-employee-vaccinations

Medical XPress
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-10-christian-nationalism-vaccine-hesitancy-science.html

WDTV-TV
https://www.wdtv.com/2021/10/19/wvu-changing-campus-protocols-mask-mandate-starting-thursday/

West Virginia Public Broadcasting
https://www.wvpublic.org/health-science/2021-10-19/w-va-university-professors-support-campus-vaccine-mandate

Connect-Bridgeport
https://connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=News&item=WVU-to-Ease-Some-Campus-COVID-Protocols-Mask-Requirements-for-Classrooms-Labs-will-Continue45017

The Dominion Post
https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/10/19/wvu-to-ease-some-campus-protocols/