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Even though it has primarily afflicted people residing halfway around the globe, the impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus hit home for many Harvard students this week. On April 4, the University issued a “temporary moratorium” on travel to mainland China, Hong...
SARS very clearly poses a high level of danger to anyone traveling in nations that have been besieged by the disease. The mortality rate for the illness, reported to be between five and six percent, is significantly higher than that of more prevalent diseases, and thus presents a clear and...
She stressed that people can be deeply affected by a suicide even if they did not know the person.
Shapiro encouraged those affected to talk to others about their feelings, regardless of their content or when they occur.
“Overwhelmingly, contact is the thing that reduces stigma the most effectively and lasts the longest,” she said. “People say after a panel that the thing that affected them the most is that people had the courage to talk about it.?...