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MSU on the WATCH for swine flu
The Clarion-Ledger ? August 6, 2009
With the fall academic semester getting ready to start, Mississippi State University is launching an awareness program to help prevent the spread of H1N1 virus, or swine flu.
Officials at the Starkville-based university have reported six H1N1 cases over the summer.
In response, the university?s Crisis Action Team and the Division of Student Affairs are sponsoring the Flu WATCH campaign to disseminate information about prevention. It is using door hangers and magnets in residence halls, posters and banners on campus, a Web site, shuttle-bus advertisements, and public service announcements on the campus radio and TV stations.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared H1N1 a pandemic. While there have been no deaths among the more than 300 cases in Mississippi, the CDC considers swine flu to be particularly dangerous because it differs from all other known flu viruses.
While an H1N1 vaccine is expected to be available in the fall, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said swine flu probably will flare up before the vaccine arrives.
She also said there probably would not be enough of the flu vaccine for everyone, especially in the early stages of the flu season.
For details on the WATCH campaign, go to www.flu.msstate.edu.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090806/NEWS/90806010/MSU+on+the+WATCH+for+swine+flu
The Clarion-Ledger ? August 6, 2009
With the fall academic semester getting ready to start, Mississippi State University is launching an awareness program to help prevent the spread of H1N1 virus, or swine flu.
Officials at the Starkville-based university have reported six H1N1 cases over the summer.
In response, the university?s Crisis Action Team and the Division of Student Affairs are sponsoring the Flu WATCH campaign to disseminate information about prevention. It is using door hangers and magnets in residence halls, posters and banners on campus, a Web site, shuttle-bus advertisements, and public service announcements on the campus radio and TV stations.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared H1N1 a pandemic. While there have been no deaths among the more than 300 cases in Mississippi, the CDC considers swine flu to be particularly dangerous because it differs from all other known flu viruses.
While an H1N1 vaccine is expected to be available in the fall, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said swine flu probably will flare up before the vaccine arrives.
She also said there probably would not be enough of the flu vaccine for everyone, especially in the early stages of the flu season.
For details on the WATCH campaign, go to www.flu.msstate.edu.
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090806/NEWS/90806010/MSU+on+the+WATCH+for+swine+flu
