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This year’s flu season seems to be affecting an unusually high number of students, according to officials at University Health Services (UHS). Flu symptoms, which include aches, nausea, and fatigue, last for around five days, and have so far affected a “significant number” of students, UHS Director Dr. David Rosenthal ’59 wrote in an e-mail. Towards the end of last week, UHS saw between seven and ten cases a day—as many as normally expected for one week during the winter, Rosenthal wrote. Health professionals said...
...Last week: 4) Keeping a cat in your room. Who isn't these days? 2 (Last week: -) Zithromax, a.k.a. Z-PAX. LA stars and Leverett slugs alike love this flu antibiotic for its slimming side effects. 3 (Last week: -) ConnectU.com. Will blow up any day now. 4 (Last week: 1) Karl Malone. 5 (Last week: 2) Wondering at what point you're supposed to stop doing drugs. Is it when you graduate...
Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) communications director Jami Snyder said that if a flu outbreak were to ever occur, HUDS would take appropriate measures as outlined by governmental agencies...
Students had mixed opinions about the potential flu epidemic. Most indicated that they did not feel an immediate threat, although they said that they would stop eating chicken if the flu appeared in American poultry. According to Blendon, cooked birds are safe...
Meanwhile, the University’s emergency management structure has been working on formulating a contingency plan for a flu emergency. On Feb. 2, a “table-top” drill was held by over 250 University officials on how to deal with a bird flu crisis at Harvard...