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...update yesterday on the Web site for Amherst College in central Massachusetts stated that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health had found that two of the school’s flu cases were "probable" instances of swine...
Thus far, the only two cases of swine flu confirmed in Massachusetts remain those contracted by two boys in Lowell, Mass., who are currently recovering from the illness after a recent trip to Mexico, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday...
Rosenthal stressed last night that the best way to defend against transmission of swine flu is by practicing simple hygiene. In an e-mail sent to the Harvard community earlier this week, Rosenthal and Hyman urged students to wash their hands with soap and water, and to cover their mouths when coughing...
Minnesota Governor Tim J. Pawlenty cancelled plans to give a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday evening after learning of his state’s first probable case of swine flu. He was scheduled to give a presentation titled “The Need to Transform America’s Education, Health Care, and Energy Systems,” but instead chose to remain in his home state to respond to the development. “This is a situation that can become more serious,” he said in a press conference yesterday...
With fears of the unchecked spread of swine flu sweeping the nation, a recent study from the Harvard School of Public Health may give some insight into tackling the number one cause of preventable death in the U.S.—smoking. Majid Ezzati, an associate professor at the School of Public Health and one of the primary authors of the study—which concluded that smoking causes more premature deaths than other risk factors like high blood pressure or being overweight—said he was surprised by the “magnitude” of the problem...