Hampshire College offering meningitis pollen - Western Mass break news - WGGB/WSHM

Day one of vaccinations are This time wrapping up at Hampshire College, only one day after UMass reported its meningitis outbreak. It perhaps be uncommon, however meningitis could be deathly & Hampshire College is taking zero chances while it comes to student security. "We have about 20 students scheduled for today & we are hoping for further," said Sara Aierstuck by Hampshire College. Hampshire College doctors have been prepared for further than a year, taking training courses at UMass. Vaccinations for Hampshire College students going to be obtainable |Thursday: nine a.m. to eleven a.m., two p.m. to four p.m.Friday: nine a.m. to twelve p.m., one p.m. to four p.m.

UMass urges all students in undergrad housing get meningitis pollen

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts has scheduled a mass meningitis pollination programme at its Amherst campus after federal health officials set which 2 recent statuses of the illness at the school ought be considered an outbreak. UMass is recommending which all undergraduates as well as graduate students living in undergraduate housing get vaccinated at one of 4 dispensaries planned for the following 7 days. further than one,400 students have indeed been vaccinated. One student was diagnosed by a variant of the illness on Oct. 24, & a 2nd was diagnosed earlier this 30 days. The federal CDC set which because the 2 statuses originated from a single strain of genetically identical organisms it ought be considered an outbreak.

UMass announces outbreak, told to hold meningitis pollen dispensaries

referring to Dr. George Corey, executive director of University Health Services, talks about the meningitis B outbreak at UMass on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, in the UMass Student Union ballroom. The university is holding 4 mass-pollination dispensaries to immunize students versus meningitis B, beginning Thursday, Nov. 30, out of Tuesday, Dec. five. The dispensaries going to be held in the Cape Cod Lounge at the UMass Student Union on Thursday, Friday, Monday & Tuesday. The university recommends that all undergraduate students receive the meningitis B pollen, that is different than the meningitis pollen required for incoming freshman students. There is no upfront costs to be vaccinated, & no student going to be denied the pollen, UMass Public Health Nurse Ann Becker said.

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