The OCU Campus Clinic hosted a flu shot drive.
Students encouraged to get flu vaccination
With flu season in full swing, faculty and students are doing their best to stay healthy on campus.
Opinion: Ms. Marty Pants, a bad advice column – Feb. 5
Ms. Marty Pants advises students on voice recitals, confrontation, and the Coronavirus.
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Broadcast: Students encouraged to stay wary of flu virus
Coronavirus is dominating most headlines, but a familiar virus is hitting close to home on campus.
Flu season prompts vaccines, health precautions
Flu season occurs each winter, and students must protect themselves from the infection.
10 Lent sacrifices that will improve your OCU experience
Lent began Feb. 14, but it’s not too late to make a sacrifice that will improve your life.
Flu deaths in Oklahoma increase, clinic offers vaccine
The country is experiencing one of the deadliest flu seasons in the last decade.
How to avoid the flu while remaining productive
Flu season continues to rage, taking over 70 lives in Oklahoma, but shutting yourself in your room and skipping class to avoid it is not an option.
Feature Friday: flu edition (Sarah Martin)
The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza totals over 85,000 so far this flu season, according to CNN. For this week’s Feature Friday, Sarah Martin, acting freshman, shares her views on the flu and other sicknesses.
Editors encourage students to get flu vaccinations
The flu shot can be a controversial decision, but as flu season approaches, students are encouraged to protect themselves and others by getting the shot.
Campus clinic offers optional flu vaccine
The Campus Health Center offers the flu shot, but students disagree on the vaccine’s effectiveness.
Campus health officials encourage flu season preparation
Campus health officials want students to know how to protect themselves against the flu virus. The flu season usually peaks in January or February and can continue until the spring, according to The Journal News website, lohud.com. Viruses have hard outer shells that protect them and allow them to pass around. Warmer temperatures make this…
Spring sick days: what you need to know about staying healthy
Germs are hitting OCU hard, and students are feeling the pinch of sick days at the start of the semester.Currently, several strains of illness are criss-crossing the OCU campus, including influenza, strep, mono, the common cold, and stomach bugs. While the more mild forms of these diseases can be treated with rest, lots of fluids, and over-the-counter medicine to control symptoms, the other diseases are very serious and should be treated by a medical professional.
Worried sick: how to avoid exhaustion and illness during midterms
With high-profile diseases like Ebola and Entrovirus in the news, it can be easy to forget that other illnesses pose a very real, if less life-threatening, threat.College students possess several qualities that make them even more susceptible to illness than people at large: college students often eat more unhealthy food, have less time for exercise, and get less sleep than those living in the “real world.”
Information expo hosted for campus community
Students, faculty and staff can explore 50 vendors from the area during the first Benefits and Wellness Expo. The expo is from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in Henry J. Freede Wellness and Activity Center.
Oklahoma continues to see light flu season
By Lindey Boatman State health officials have stated that the flu season remains mild in Oklahoma. Public health officials continue to recommend that residents get their flu vaccine, however. To read more, click here.
