COVID-19

COVID-19 Guidance for Academic Year 2024-25

ACHA’s Emerging Public Health Threats and Emergency Response (EPHTER) Coalition and Vaccine-Preventable Disease (VPD) Committee have issued guidance on managing COVID-19 in the upcoming academic year (2024-25). The EPHTER Coalition…

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Emerging Public Health Threats and Emergency Response Coalition

This coalition is for members with an interest in emergency response and preparing for and responding to emerging public health threats.   Welcome to the ACHA Emerging Public Health Threats…

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Immunization Practices in College Health: Requirements, Coverage, and Data — 2021-2022 Report

This report explores vaccine coverage and policies at U.S. colleges and universities, highlighting the challenges and strategies in protecting campus communities from vaccine-preventable diseases.   Discover how colleges and universities…

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Clarifying the Conversation on College Student COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Institutional COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements

Recent high profile opinion pieces have presented arguments to support the rollback of various on-campus COVID-19 mitigation strategies. Several of these arguments rest upon two assertions we believe to be…

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Updated Guidance on COVID-19 Management on Campus

Note: the section on masks was revised March 2, 2022, to reflect updated CDC guidance. Dear ACHA Members and Colleagues: We recognize that, over the winter break, most of you…

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American College Health Association Recommends COVID-19 Booster Shot for All Students, Faculty, and Staff

In April of 2021, the American College Health Association (ACHA) recommended that institutions of higher education (IHEs) require COVID-19 vaccination for all on-campus college students for fall 2021. As of…

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ACHA Recommends COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for All On-Campus College Students in Fall 2021

The in-person and residential college experience on campuses throughout the United States has been profoundly curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21. There have been enormous impacts on our college…

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ACHA and ACE Joint Statement Regarding Dangerous Restrictions by States on COVID-19 Public Health Measures

U.S. colleges and universities will soon open for the fall 2021 semester, bringing together millions of students, faculty, and staff to resume on-campus activities. Most institutions plan to operate at…

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Interim Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccination: Don’t Delay the First Dose

Across the nation, everyone 16 years of age and older is now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. With the end of the spring semester, millions of students will soon be leaving…

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ACHA Awarded $450K from CDC to Use Behavior Change to Reduce SARS-CoV-2 on College Campuses

Community of Practice will cultivate a whole campus approach to preventing the spread of COVID-19 at colleges and universities. ACHA, in its role as the leading national college health organization,…

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