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...addition, UHS still charges students $77 for the meningitis vaccination. Although this price tag may seem steep, especially in comparison to UHS' free influenza shots, it is the Department of Public Health that provides the resources for flu shots, and they have not yet extended this support to meningitis shots. And because UHS officials say that the CDCP is reevaluating their recent immunization recommendation, monetary support from the federal government may be long in coming. Even so, UHS has discussed with College officials the availability of the vaccine. And, as with all of their services outside of the original health...
Nurses are not only responsible for administering the shots, however, but will also answer any questions about influenza or the effects of the shot as a part of a UHS effort to increase education about the virus...
Barbara Boothby, acting manager of the Center for Wellness and Health Communications, stressed the necessity of informing students about influenza...
...FIGHT Though much of the nation was in the grip of a heat wave last week, the fever, aches and pain of the flu season will be here in no time. And so will relief. The FDA has approved Relenza, an inhaled anti-influenza drug that can cut the duration of symptoms by one to two days. Relenza, unlike other flu fighters, works against both type A and type B strains. Patients must start taking it soon after feeling ill and then twice daily for five days...
NEEDLE-FREE SHOTS It's not the flu season yet, but it never hurts to be prepared. Protection from the pesky influenza virus may soon come from a simple squirt in the nostrils. Adults using a novel spray vaccine containing a crippled form of the virus had fewer sick days and took less medication than those who toughed it out without shots. Alas, it may be two years before the spray is available in doctor's offices...