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The University of Delaware is warning its faculty not to tell students if their classmates get a confirmed case of the coronavirus. The change in protocol, sent in an email on Wednesday reviewed by The Washington Post, comes as rising cases on campus resulted in the university’s special accommodations for those who have covid-19 filling up. The email said that “if an instructor is notified by a student that the student has covid-19, the instructor may not tell the class that someone has tested positive for covid-19.” (Pietsch, 9/9)

A federal judge on Thursday extended his order blocking Western Michigan University from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement against 16 athletes. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney issued a ruling from the bench granting the athletes the right to continue to compete and participate in intercollegiate athletics until he issues an opinion and order on converting a temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction. (9/9)

The head of Georgia’s university system gave her most vigorous public defense Thursday morning of the system’s coronavirus prevention efforts, and warned of disciplinary action against anyone not following the system’s guidelines. Acting University System of Georgia Chancellor Teresa MacCartney made the comments during a state Board of Regents meeting, despite new demands Thursday afternoon by faculty groups to enact a mask mandate and rising numbers of new positive COVID-19 cases at its largest universities. The University of Georgia, for example, on Wednesday reported 505 new positive cases during a recent seven-day stretch. (Stirgus, 9/9)

As excited as Lily Rose Clifton is about starting college as a freshman at the University of Washington in a few weeks, she’s just as anxious about attending school in person after being homebound with long-haul Covid symptoms for the last 15 months. Before getting sick, she was a healthy active teenager but that all flipped after Covid left her struggling with, among other things, post-viral autoimmune dysautonomia which affects her nervous system triggering dizziness, elevated heart rate, and rapid breathing when she stands up or exerts energy quickly. She said she also feels bouts of brain fog, officially diagnosed as dissociate syndrome, which she now takes medication for in order to keep focus. (Ali, 9/9)

Among the greatest mysteries surrounding COVID-19 is the syndrome known as “long COVID” — a group of symptoms that linger months after the virus has gone, sometimes preventing people from resuming work. Little is known about what causes long COVID, who is susceptible, how long it lasts, and how best to treat it. But data is pouring in as doctors struggle to come to grips with a new illness affecting millions and sure to strike millions more as the virus continues to spread. Now, a new project at the Brown University School of Public Health, launched with a $1 million grant from the Hassenfeld Family Foundation, will aim to sort through the evolving knowledge, clarify the facts as they emerge, and provide recommendations on how society can cope. (Freyer, 9/8)