The health and safety of UC’s Bearcat community is a top priority.
On our campuses and throughout Cincinnati, our medical experts and health and wellness professionals work collaboratively to help ensure a healthy environment in which our students, faculty and staff can teach, learn, work and flourish.
Through the COVID-19 pandemic, we learned that by working together we can prioritize our health and safety and reduce the spread of communicable diseases.
Let’s continue to work together and be mindful of viruses currently present in and around our community.
UC's medical experts encourage you to get a flu vaccine, learn about symptoms and when to seek medical care.
COVID-19 is still spreading. Take precautions and get tested as needed. Masking indoors is strongly encouraged.
Mpox is a viral disease that has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. All members of the Bearcats community are encouraged to learn about symptoms, protective measures, and what to do if exposed.
May 29, 2023
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that hospitals can’t be forced to issue Ivermectin to patients. It backed an earlier appeals court decision. Jennifer Bard, PhD, professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, weighed in on the decision during an interview with Newsweek.
March 29, 2023
University of Cincinnati research on the steroid dexamethasone's effect on immune cells and benefit to severe COVID-19 patients was recently published in Frontiers in Immunology.
March 22, 2023
Local 12 highlighted the University of Cincinnati's Bingfang Yan, who recently received a a $2.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to study how COVID-19 therapeutics can work together to create more effective and safe treatments for patients.