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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...informal poll of 50 Harvard students, none knew that HPV could be spread while condoms are used. Nor did any know that it is conclusively linked to cervical cancer...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beyond Protection: Papillomavirus | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...disease is spread through close contract between two people, such as sharing a drink. Not all cases of contact actually spread the disease, however, since the bacteria cannot survive for long outside the body...

Author: By Eli M. Alper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Colleges Send Mixed Signals About Meningitis Vaccine | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

Dartmouth had the lowest price tag, and the college takes an active stance in preventing the spread of the disease. Even before the student died of meningitis last June, Dartmouth had encouraged students to get the vaccination...

Author: By Eli M. Alper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Colleges Send Mixed Signals About Meningitis Vaccine | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

Dengue fever is spread by mosquitoes and causes high fevers, rashes and pain in different areas of the body. It usually lasts about a week...

Author: By Alex B. Ginsberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Some Parts of the World Can Put Westerners' Health in Danger | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

Fifty-eight percent of all prostate cancers are discovered before they spread beyond the prostate. If the cancer is caught at this stage, the five-year survival rate is nearly 100 percent...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fineberg Takes Leave For Surgery | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

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