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“What it means to have a positive skin test is that you’ve had the TB germ in your body at one point. It doesn’t mean you’re sick or contagious,” she said, noting that roughly one...
But among those students who have been asked to submit to a Mantoux Test, which determines whether an individual has produced antibodies to the tuberculosis bacterium, some have tested positive, according to Kate Matthews, a nurse in the Cambridge Public Health Department.
Baichorova said she could not say how many Harvard undergraduates had been accepted this year or how many would eventually join the corps because students still have two weeks to commit to offers.
“Word of mouth has been very valuable,” she said. “I think the numbers will continue to increase.”
A new company called ThredUP thinks it has the answer. Inspired by the idea that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, ThredUP has set up an online clothing exchange system that it hopes will soon gain a large following. Part of the appeal...