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UHS, in its soon-to-be-released guidebook entitled Healthy Travel, recommends inoculations or oral vaccines against the following: poliomyelitis, tetanus, diphtheria, typhoid fever, viral hepatitis, pneumococcal bacteria, influenza and meningococcal bacteria. The new guide also recommends the updating of childhood inoculations against measles, mumps and rubella.
UHS deems protection against yellow fever necessary and, in fact, some countries require all travelers to show proof of immunization.
Harvard students planning to journey far afield should use the information from both the CDC and UHS, Rosenthal says.
UHS Director Rosenthal, who notes that Harvard once had a mandatory physical education requirement, agrees.
Even if they don't all end up participating in varsity or junior varsity athletics, approximately 700 first-years come in for the athlete-mandatory sports physicals every year, according to David S. Rosenthal '59, director of the University Health Services (UHS).