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Overall, M. avium-related disease is rare. The illness causes occasional fevers, a persistent cough and a general feeling of exhaustion that can last for months. Researchers estimate that two in every 100,000 Americans become sick from M. avium. That's about as many people in the U.S. with TB, but unlike TB, M. avium-related disease doesn't spread from person to person...
...either in isolated rooms, at home, or in Stillman Infirmary. “Everyone at Stillman has been phenomenal,” said Kevin W.H. Chi ’10, who has been in Stillman for five days with flu-like symptoms, including a 103 degree fever and a cough. “UHS tends to get a bad rap. I’ve been taken care of very well.” Chi said he receives food from Harvard University Dining Services every day after he fills out his requests on a printed menu. Stillman can accommodate...
Your interesting article on swine flu notes the bizarre fact that the virus is spreading more in Britain than other European countries [Aug. 24]. No one knows why. But in Britain, anyone can phone the government's special flu line and say that they have a cough and fever. A member of the nonclinical staff will issue a week off work and a free packet of Tamiflu. Rumors of abuse are rife. Still baffled? Dr. Marcus Lester, BENFLEET, ENGLAND...
Your article on swine flu recommends that you cough into the crook of your elbow: how disgusting is that? Why not carry a handkerchief and cough or sneeze into the ready-made article? Leonard Pelan, SALLINS, IRELAND...
Rosenthal said that he anticipates a rise in the number of cases when students arrive on campus, and encourages everybody who has a fever and a cough to be evaluated...