Flu Information for DePaul Students, Parents, Faculty and Staff

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting that H1N1 flu is "similar in severity to seasonal influenza." Consequently, DePaul encourages students, faculty and staff to follow good prevention practices to limit transmission. Please visit the Web sites listed on the right margin of this page regularly for additional announcements from public health officials.

H1N1 Vaccine Available to All DePaul Students 11/06/09

H1N1 Vaccine Available to Priority Student Populations 11/03/09

H1N1 Vaccine Available to Priority Student Populations 10/21/09

Influenza Like Illness Advice 9/15/09

Checklist for Students with Influenza Like Illness 9/9/09

Note to All Students from the President 9/3/09

Note to Faculty and Staff from the President 9/3/09

Guidance for Managers on Flu in the Workplace 9/3/09


FAQs from the CDC

• What is H1N1 (swine) flu?
• Why is this new H1N1 virus sometimes called "swine flu"?
• Are there human infections with H1N1 (swine) flu in the U.S.?
• How many H1N1 (swine) flu viruses are there?
• CDC recently estimated that more than one million cases of novel H1N1 flu have occurred in the United States and that the heightened level of flu activity—mostly novel H1N1—being seen this summer in the U.S. is unusual. How worried is the U.S. government about the spread of this virus and what are you doing to respond?
• Why did CDC stop reporting individual confirmed and probable novel H1N1 flu cases?
• Do you expect the virus to surge in the Fall? And if that's so, do you expect to it be worse than it has been?
• There is speculation that the novel H1N1 flu virus was created in a laboratory and its appearance in the population is due to an accidental release. Is that true?
• What epidemiological investigations are taking place in response to the recent outbreak?

IF YOU'RE FEELING ANXIETY ABOUT THE FLU

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GERM CONTROL POSTERS

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