Health Alerts

We encourage our WSU community to stay up to date with their annual vaccinations, wear a mask if it makes you feel more comfortable, practice physical distancing, wash or sanitize hands often, and stay home when ill.

Reach out to Ask-A-Nurse with any questions regarding your symptoms or vaccine recommendations.

You can also take these steps to keep yourself and those around you safe and healthy:

• Keep yourself informed about current prevention recommendations.
• Stay up to date on your vaccines. Vaccines are safe and effective at preventing severe illness.
• Wear a mask. If wearing a mask makes you feel more comfortable, whether you have symptoms or not, feel free to wear one when you believe it’s appropriate. Some reasons to wear a mask include high prevalence cases in your area, you’re in a crowded space, you’re around others who are sick, or you are at high risk (immunocompromised).
• Physical distance yourself from others when indoors and in crowded spaces.
• Wash your hands using soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water is not available, alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol content is recommended.
• Avoid touching your face, such as your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• If you are feeling ill, stay home.
• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue or the inside of your elbow. Throw used tissues in the trash.
• Increase cleaner air access by following the CDC’s cleaner air recommendations for lowering risk from respiratory viruses.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces including tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks.
• Get your flu shot. WSU Health & Wellness has shots available for students. Getting your flu shot is essential because it can help providers differentiate between illnesses such as flu vs. COVID-19.

Review the CDC’s most recent recommendations for how to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses when you’re sick. earn more about   feel free to follow review the most recent CDC recommendations.

If you have questions or are concerned about your symptoms but are unsure if you need an appointment, feel free to contact Ask-A-Nurse at 507.457.2292 or askanurse@winona.edu.

If you’d like to schedule an appointment, please call Health & Wellness Services at 507.457.5160 for an appointment with a provider on campus.

If it is a weekend or after hours, we recommend going to another local clinic such as Winona Health Urgent Care and Gunderson Urgent Care.

Faculty are here to work with students on their specific needs. We recommend reaching out to the instructor to discuss any concerns.

If the professor is unable to make appropriate accommodations, you should reach out to the department chair, Dean of Students, or dean of the course’s college.

Health insurance and/or coverage is not required to be seen at WSU’s Health & Wellness Services.

Students who do not have health insurance can still receive services for a low cost and utilize financial assistance as needed. Students can also meet with a WSU Resource Nurse for a free insurance consultation to discuss different options.

If a student does have health insurance, they will need to call the number on the back of their insurance card to inquire about their options for getting coverage at the on-campus clinic (such as a referral from their primary care provider from home or point-of-service coverage).

All Winona State students are automatically eligible for financial assistance upon request and are encouraged to use a free insurance consultation.