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Protecting Yourself from Flu Viruses

With the first student case of H1N1 confirmed on campus last week, professor of nursing Dr. Chris Jackson offers advice on how to stay healthy. The H1N1 case was originally diagnosed as Influenza A, but, after being sent for further research, tested positive for the H1N1 virus. The student overcame […]

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Things you should know about H1N1

Over one million people in the US have had H1N1 already in 2009.  Is H1N1 more dangerous than the usual flu virus? H1N1 is not more harmful than the typical flu virus. The number of hospitalizations and deaths caused by H1N1 are actually lower than the number caused by the […]

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Dr. Jack Bower returns

Business students with Dr. Jack Bower on their original schedules were surprised on the first day of classes to learn that the assistant professor of accounting was lying in a coma at the hospital. Bower, who started convulsing during a doctor’s visit on Aug. 24, was in the coma for […]

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Slininger works in Uganda all summer

After junior Katy Slininger finished her semester studying abroad in Uganda, she made the decision to stay and work there throughout the summer. Slininger worked with Emmanuel International after her pastor suggested that she get involved with it. This organization offers counseling to widows, former child soldiers returning from the […]