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Call it Swine Flu, H1N1, or whatever you like, the flu outbreak that sickened people across the country and worried many more left its mark on Harvard during the past year. Harvard University Health Services (UHS) officials began preparing for the potential outbreak before a single case had been...
Soheyla D. Gharib, the chief of medicine at Harvard University Health Services, said she has seen a slight decline in the number of students coming into the clinic with flu-like symptoms. She added, however, that the downturn could be due to the beginning of reading and exam period, when...
The family of John B. Edwards III ’10 filed a wrongful death suit against Harvard and two UHS professionals last week, alleging that Edwards’ doctors negligently prescribed the young man a cocktail of four drugs that contributed to his suicide in November 2007.
The lawsuit also alleges that Edwards told doctors at UHS that he had already resolved suicidal thoughts he had harbored in the past.
The lawsuit, filed by his father, John B. Edwards II, alleges that his son sought care at UHS in June 2007, “frustrated because he could not study for as long a period as his friends.” A nurse practitioner at UHS diagnosed Edwards with attention...