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Duke University to require COVID vaccinations for fall term

Apr. 09, 2021 07:12 PM EDT
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University will require all new and returning students to present proof of vaccination to student health officials before they can...

Duke University lifts stay-in-place order for undergraduates

Mar. 21, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University has lifted a stay-in-place order it issued last week for all undergraduate students following a spike in COVID-19 cases...

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2019 file photo shows the entrance to the main Duke University campus in Durham, N.C. Duke University announced Wednesday, March 10, 2021, that it is considering ending in-person classes as an uptick in COVID-19 cases over the course of five days worsens and students continue to violate health guidelines. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Duke COVID-19 cases surge; fraternities blamed for many

By Bryan Anderson Mar. 16, 2021 11:47 AM EDT

Duke orders undergrads to quarantine due to virus outbreak

Mar. 13, 2021 09:12 PM EST
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University issued a quarantine order for all of its undergraduates effective Saturday night due to a coronavirus outbreak caused by...

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, people receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Las Vegas. Nevada's top coronavirus official didn't guarantee the state can meet President Joe Biden's goal of offering a vaccination to every adult who wants a shot by May 1, but said it gives everyone something to work toward. COVID-19 Task Force chief Caleb Cage said everything depends on vaccine allocations. Seventeen new COVID-19 deaths were reported statewide Friday, March 12, 2021, bringing the pandemic total in Nevada to almost 5,100. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
The Latest: All Duke University undergrads must quarantine

By The Associated Press Mar. 13, 2021 03:48 PM EST

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2019 file photo shows the entrance to the main Duke University campus in Durham, N.C. Duke University announced Wednesday, March 10, 2021, that it is considering ending in-person classes as an uptick in COVID-19 cases over the course of five days worsens and students continue to violate health guidelines. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Duke University says COVID surge threatens in-person classes

By Bryan Anderson Mar. 11, 2021 12:04 PM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, an elderly man looks at his vaccination card after getting a shot of the CoronaVac vaccine for COVID-19 developed by China's biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech, at a clinic in Santiago, Chile. It wasn’t until Sinovac swooped in with 4 million doses in late January that Chile began inoculating its population of 19 million with impressive speed. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns

By Huizhong Wu And Kristen Gelineau Mar. 02, 2021 01:02 AM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, an elderly man looks at his vaccination card after getting a shot of the CoronaVac vaccine for COVID-19 developed by China's biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech, at a clinic in Santiago, Chile. It wasn’t until Sinovac swooped in with 4 million doses in late January that Chile began inoculating its population of 19 million with impressive speed. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns

By Huizhong Wu And Kristen Gelineau Mar. 02, 2021 12:01 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2021 09:03 AM EST
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Feb. 9 The Greensboro News & Record on...

UNC-Chapel Hill faculty can teach remotely after celebration

Feb. 08, 2021 03:13 PM EST
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can teach remotely until Feb. 17 in light of the crowded and largely...

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Postal chief DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars

By Matthew Daly, Brian Slodysko And Anthony Izaguirre Aug. 30, 2020 08:13 AM EDT

Duke says it won't take virus-related federal relief funds

Apr. 24, 2020 10:08 AM EDT
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke University says it won't accept federal relief funds related to the coronavirus. The school in North Carolina...