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The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon
The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon
The CDC announced on Thursday, May 13 that there had been a change to COVID-19 mask guidelines.

CDC Announces that Vaccinated Can Now Go Outside Maskless

Yunoo Kim, Community & World News Editor • May 19, 2021

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Thursday, May 13 that they have changed their guidelines regarding Covid-19. After over a year since the use of masks was first recommended,...

India is battling to control its recent COVID-19 outbreak that is devastating the nation. Westwood's population of Indian students have reacted to India's current state of crisis.

Westwood Students React to COVID-19 Surge in India

Amoli Agarwal, Horizon Editor-in-Chief • May 3, 2021

After over a year since COVID-19 spread across the world and triggered a global pandemic, India is facing a national crisis with a devastating wave of new infections. Though the country had previously...

Front line workers continue to give out COVID-19 tests. Patients who fall into the 1A and 1B category have been starting to get notified of available vaccines. Photo courtesy of Konstantin Ventslavovic.

COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Hits Early Snags in Austin

Amy Simon, Sports Editor • January 14, 2021

Providers in Austin have started to notify patients who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Patients must fall into the 1A category which includes healthcare workers and first responders or the...

A new COVID-19 vaccine has been released to the media. Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE believe that this vaccine will be available by the end of Nov.

New Vaccine Shows Promising Signs in Fight Against COVID-19, Draws Caution From Experts

Amy Simon, Sports Editor • November 16, 2020

Drugmaker companies Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE released a vaccine on Monday, Nov. 9 that has proved to be 90 percent effective for protecting people from COVID-19. Operation Warp Speed, the federal effort...

Three vaccines have entered phase three testing in the United States

Trump Administration Tells States to Prepare for November Vaccine Release, Biden Campaign Raises Concerns Over Political Motivations

Hannah Ashtari, Managing Editor • September 9, 2020

According to documents obtained by the New York Times, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has instructed city and state officials to be ready to potentially distribute a coronavirus vaccine as early...

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