Dr. Davis Smith, Wesleyan’s medical director, will be holding an informal Q&A session about H1N1 flu.
Whether you want to know how to avoid getting it, how to treat it if you do, or what’s up with vaccine distribution, bring your own lunch and your questions!
Date: Monday, October 5
Time: Noon – 1pm
Location: Usdan 110
Come on down!
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If  you’re looking for ways to prevent getting H1N1 flu, the seasonal flu or even a cold, this covers it!  Dr. John Clarke entered this video in the US Department of Health & Human Services 2009 Flu Prevention PSA Contest.
or view it here, if the embedded video is not working.
Don’t forget about Wesleyan’s seasonal flu [...]

Health Services has scheduled the annual seasonal flu vaccine clinic to occur in September and October this year. The CDC and Health Services are recommending anyone younger than 30 years old get the seasonal flu vaccine as soon as it is available.
Click here to learn about the dates and procedures for the student flu vaccine [...]

From the CDC…
Clean hands can help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, such as flu. This podcast explains the proper way to wash your hands. 
Wesleyan Resources: Infection Control @ Wes

Dr. Davis Smith, Wesleyan’s medical director, issued an update via email on April 27 on swine flu as it pertains to Wesleyan. If you are seeking additional information about swine flu, WesWELL has created a Swine Flu information page containing prevention information and links to helpful campus and off-campus resources. Please visit the page regularly for [...]

With the end of the semester looming, most of us will be traveling soon — locally, domestically, even internationally.  Given that many of us are feeling depleted already from a long list of things to accomplish, taking extra precautions to avoid illness is especially important.
CNN Health interviewed Dr. Mark Gendreau, a senior staff physician at the Lahey [...]

Keeping Healthy during Cold & Flu Season
Presented by Dr. Brett Lieberman, Naturopathic Doctor
The Connecticut Center for Health in Middletown
Fall and winter in New England bring many pleasures; colds and flu are not one of them. Fortunately there are many ways to help prevent getting sick this season, as well as many ways to treat yourself [...]

The new academic year hasn’t even started and perhaps you’re already feeling stressed out. Experiencing stressors in our lives may be inevitable, but how we respond to them is the key to keeping your stress at a manageable level.  Letting stress go uncontrolled can have a negative impact on our emotional as well as physical [...]

From Medical News Today…
Millions of Americans took the advice to get a flu shot this season, but many are still becoming infected with the flu. This flu season is lasting longer than initially expected and has introduced unforeseen new strains of the virus, making other flu prevention steps even more important. Today, the Visiting Nurse [...]

From WebMD…
Scientists may have found a chink in the armor of the flu virus. Their discovery may lead to new flu treatments.
Researchers today reported that in winter, even the flu virus wears a coat, and it’s a coat that helps the virus spread through the air. Tinkering with that coat might disarm the flu virus.
“Now [...]