University-wide announcements
Policies pertaining to all university employees and students are posted at coronavirus.wustl.edu
St. Louis Pandemic Task Force briefings
View the latest briefing from task force director Clay Dunagan, MD, WashU Med infectious diseases physician
Latest COVID-19 Updates
WashU Med COVID-19 Update: Sept. 15, 2022 (Links to an external site)
Updates boosters available, masking optional in non-clinical spaces, and what to do if you test positive.
WashU Med COVID-19 Update: Aug. 29, 2022 (Links to an external site)
Masking optional in non-clinical spaces Sept.1, reporting positive tests to Occupational Health, monkeypox resources available, where to find a vaccine for adults and children.
WashU Med COVID-19 Update: June 22, 2022 (Links to an external site)
Vaccine appointments available for young children, boosters on campus, at-home tests covered by insurance, how to interpret your at-home test results.
School of Medicine announcements
Positive COVID-19 tests must be reported to Occupational Health
Employees who test positive outside of WashU Med/BJC HealthCare Occupational Health are required to call the Exposure/Illness Hotline at 314-362-5056.
Masking optional in non-clinical spaces on the Medical Campus
Masks are now optional for fully vaccinated employees and students who work in office-based or non-clinical settings where no patients or clinical visitors are encountered.
Updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters targeting omicron now available
Updated vaccine boosters are now available from Pfizer-BioNTech for people ages 12 years and older, and from Moderna for people ages 18 years and older.
COVID-19 vaccine appointments available for children ages 6 months and up
BJC currently offers the Pfizer vaccine for children 5 years and older. Moderna is also available for children 6 months – 4 years.
Pfizer vaccine available to employees, public on Medical Campus
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and boosters are available at convenient locations in the IOH and CAM.
Monkeypox resources for clinicians available on FPP intranet
Clinical staff can find current information about monkeypox on the FPP Intranet.
Positive COVID-19 tests must be reported to Occupational Health
Employees who test positive for COVID-19 outside of Occupational Health are required to call the Exposure/Illness Hotline at 314-362-5056.
Masking optional in non-clinical spaces on the Medical Campus effective Sept. 1
Masks will be optional for fully vaccinated employees and students who work in office-based or non-clinical settings where no patients or clinical visitors are encountered, effective Sept. 1.
Podcast: Long COVID-19 a lasting battle for many (Links to an external site)
WashU Med physicians on the front lines of treating patients with COVID-19 join the podcast to discuss the complications many continue to have in the weeks and months after their infections — and what’s being done to help them.
Understanding your rapid test results
If you have symptoms and test negative using a rapid test, you should not rule out COVID-19 infection.
At-home COVID-19 tests covered by insurance under federal requirement
A federal policy now requires private insurers provide coverage or reimbursement for over-the-counter/at-home COVID-19 tests.
Booster doses available to eligible employees on Medical Campus
The Pfizer vaccine booster is available at two convenient locations on the Medical Campus.
COVID-19 vaccine appointments available for children ages 6 months and up
St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University Physicians now offer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to kids 6 months – 4 years.
Podcast: Pandemic fuels use of alcohol, opioids (Links to an external site)
WashU Med experts in psychiatry and emergency medicine join the podcast to discuss how the pandemic has exacerbated problems related to drugs and alcohol.
Second booster dose available to eligible employees on Medical Campus
Vaccine booster doses are available at the BJC Institute of Health and the Center for Advanced Medicine.
Red Cross blood donation site available on Medical Campus Link
A Red Cross blood donation site is conveniently located on the Medical Campus at One Barnes Hospital Plaza (North South Link).
Saliva-based test availability to end June 1
The McDonnell Genome Institute (MGI) lab will retire its saliva-based COVID-19 test on June 1 so that it can return to its regular research operations.
Masking required in all non-clinical spaces on Medical Campus
With case numbers and positivity continuing to increase, WashU Med is reinstating masking requirements in non-clinical spaces as an added precaution, effective Monday, May 23.
WashU Med returns to 7-day isolation for employees who test positive
Effective Friday, May 20, COVID-19 positive employees once again will be removed from work duty for seven days (instead of 10 days).
Podcast: As ‘Show Me the Science’ turns 2, we look back at 2 years of a pandemic (Links to an external site)
WashU Med infectious diseases specialist Steven J. Lawrence, MD, looks back and forward, detailing some of the frustrations, surprises and successes of the past two years as we begin a third year of life in a pandemic.