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25 Miami students being treated for possible swine flu
None of the students with influenza have been hospitalized.Hot
Miami University officials confirmed Friday, Aug. 28, that 25 students who have visited the school?s health center since returning to school Aug. 21 have tested positive for type A influenza. Health officials are advising the cases be treated as H1N1 flu, said Claire Wagner, school spokeswoman.
?This is nowhere near panic time,? said Gail Walenga, Miami?s assistant vice president for student health and wellness. ?The numbers are low, and the symptoms of the students we are seeing are relatively mild.
?It?s a highly contagious disease, and we know we will see more students, but it?s also a relatively mild disease,? Walenga said. ?We continue to remind people to practice good hygiene and to minimize contact with people who seem to have the flu, which can last between four and seven days.?
None of the students ? who are living on- and off-campus ? have been hospitalized, and school health officials are advising students to follow guidelines from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wagner said.
?The key word is self-isolate,? Wagner said. ?Don?t go to class until you have gone 24 hours without a fever or signs of fever without the use of fever-reducing medicine.?
College students are a high-risk group for the novel flu, said Walenga, who sent out a letter Thursday advising students, staff and parents the university?s health services are working closely with the Butler County Health Department to monitor flu conditions and ?make decisions about the best steps to take concerning our institution. For now we are doing everything we can to keep the university operating as usual.?
Xavier University in Cincinnati has seven students with confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, according to its Web site.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news...ated-for-possible-swine-flu-270922.html?imw=Y
None of the students with influenza have been hospitalized.Hot
Miami University officials confirmed Friday, Aug. 28, that 25 students who have visited the school?s health center since returning to school Aug. 21 have tested positive for type A influenza. Health officials are advising the cases be treated as H1N1 flu, said Claire Wagner, school spokeswoman.
?This is nowhere near panic time,? said Gail Walenga, Miami?s assistant vice president for student health and wellness. ?The numbers are low, and the symptoms of the students we are seeing are relatively mild.
?It?s a highly contagious disease, and we know we will see more students, but it?s also a relatively mild disease,? Walenga said. ?We continue to remind people to practice good hygiene and to minimize contact with people who seem to have the flu, which can last between four and seven days.?
None of the students ? who are living on- and off-campus ? have been hospitalized, and school health officials are advising students to follow guidelines from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wagner said.
?The key word is self-isolate,? Wagner said. ?Don?t go to class until you have gone 24 hours without a fever or signs of fever without the use of fever-reducing medicine.?
College students are a high-risk group for the novel flu, said Walenga, who sent out a letter Thursday advising students, staff and parents the university?s health services are working closely with the Butler County Health Department to monitor flu conditions and ?make decisions about the best steps to take concerning our institution. For now we are doing everything we can to keep the university operating as usual.?
Xavier University in Cincinnati has seven students with confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, according to its Web site.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news...ated-for-possible-swine-flu-270922.html?imw=Y