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About 300 people, mainly undergraduates, have been diagnosed with influenza-like illness by UHS since the end of August. Rosenthal said there have been about 50 new cases per week until this week, when there has been a slight decline in the number of people diagnosed...
Harvard University Health Services expects its first delivery of H1N1 influenza vaccine to arrive in about two or three weeks, although the number of people being diagnosed with influenza-like illnesses at UHS has declined slightly this week, according to UHS officials...
...American College Health Association reports that regional outbreaks of influenza-like illness seem to have already peaked in the Northeast. There were 30 percent fewer new cases in Massachusetts last week compared to two weeks ago, according to the Association...
...site is in part designed to mitigate parents’ concerns about the potential risks of H1N1 influenza at Harvard and to help the spread of information pertaining to the disease. The University also recently created a phone hotline for parents to call with questions about H1N1...
...even if pregnant moms avoid catching the H1N1 flu, the vaccine has other benefits, says Harrison. "The baby of a woman who got the influenza vaccine [during pregnancy] will be born with antibodies to influenza," she says, adding that immunity - albeit temporary - would greatly reduce the chances of the infant coming down with the flu during the first few months of life...