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On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended all Americans six months of age and older receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine shot as cases continue to rise nationwide. The new shots are expected to be available starting Friday in some areas of New York, while Syracuse University awaits a shipment of the new vaccine.

SU confirmed in a news release that it plans to share a schedule of COVID-19 vaccine clinics with the campus community once they know when the updated vaccines will arrive on campus.

On May 15, 2023, SU terminated its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for students, faculty and staff. SU said in the release that it recommends getting vaccinated for COVID-19 and influenza.

SU confirmed at least 124 self-reported COVID-19 cases among students, faculty and staff on Sunday.

To find local COVID-19 vaccine clinics off-campus, the university recommends looking at the U.S. Vaccine Finder website.

SU is hosting a series of HPV Vaccine Clinics for the 2023-24 academic year that all students will have access to at the Barnes Center at The Arch. HPV, human papillomavirus, is a viral sexually transmitted infection with multiple strains that can cause health complications like genital warts and cancer.

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Students can register for the clinic through the Barnes Center’s patient portal. The university does not mandate the vaccine.

On-campus flu clinics for students are also hosted annually during the fall semester and will be made available. The dates for this have not been released as of Wednesday. The schedule will be made available on the university’s flu clinic website.

SU is also offering free flu vaccination clinics for faculty and staff through a continued partnership with Wegmans Pharmacy.

SU will hold two of these flu vaccination clinics for faculty and staff on Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Kimmel Hall and on Sept. 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at SkyBarn. Appointments are required, and faculty and staff are expected to bring a valid SU I.D. card.

Until student vaccination clinics are made available for COVID-19 and the flu, other immunizations are accessible through the Barnes Center, including Hepatitis A and B, HPV (Gardasil), Measles-Mumps-Rubella, Meningitis A and B, Tetanus/Pertussis and Varicella, according to the Barnes Center website.

Students can make immunization appointments by calling the Barnes Center at (315) 443-8000 or on the Patient Portal.

Published on September 13, 2023 at 11:24 pm

Contact Samantha: saolande@syr.edu