Campus News Briefs
Flu shots offered beginning Oct. 15
The Bear River Health Department will begin offering flu shots to people in various high-risk categories next week.
Due to the health department’s receipt of vaccine supplies being spaced out over the next couple of months, Bear River Mental Health will be fanning out immunizations to ensure there will be no influenza vaccine shortages this year.
Immunizations will first be offered to those in the following high-risk categories next week: Residents of nursing homes or facilities for people with chronic medical conditions, adults and children who have chronic medical conditions such as disorders of the heart, lungs (asthma, for example), kidneys, metabolic system (diabetes, for example) or immune system, women in the last six months of pregnancy, health care workers and employees of health care facilities, emergency response personnel who may have contact with high-risk patients and household members living with or caring for a person who fits in any of the above groups.
Flu shots will continue to be available Nov. 1 through 15 to people in the high-risk category, people 65 and older, providers of essential community services, Olympic staff and foreign travelers.
When additional shipments of the vaccine arrive, which is projected to be after Nov. 15, flu shots may be made available to everyone.
Each flu shot will cost $12.
Immunization shots encouraged
Missionaries, travelers and future kindergarten students are encouraged to start their Hepatitis immunization shots at least six months in advance of travel or starting school.
All missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as of July 31, 2001, must have Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B immunizations.
The six-month timeline also applies to people who are planning to travel abroad and children who will be entering kindergarten after July 1, 2002.
The Utah Department of Health is requiring kindergarten-aged children to receive the Hepatitis A and Chickenpox immunizations for the upcoming school year.
For more information, contact your physician or call the health department at 792-6500.
Workshop to be held on family
A free lunchtime workshop entitled “The ultimate balancing act: Work/school and family” will be offered Tuesday, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Walnut Room of the Taggart Student Center.
A panel of experts including Ann M. B. Austin, a Baby Watch representative; Sarah Phillips; Shelley K. Lindauer and Carrie Scott will be offering advice and council as to how this can be achieved and will be answering any questions attendees may have.
Those wishing to attend are encouraged to bring their own lunch. Desserts and beverages will be provided. If interested, please RSVP Child Care Resource and Referral at 797-1552.
Gold Medal Mile begins today
USU Student Wellness Center and Cache County Senior Center are sponsoring the Gold Medal Mile: A Healthier You in 2002 today from 10 a.m. to noon. The mile will begin at the Taggart Student Center fountains. The first 400 participants to complete the mile will receive an Olympic collector’s pin. All are invited to participate.
Fall Jam postponed until November
The Fall Jam dance which will be co-sponsored by Psi Sigma Phi and the Black Student Union will be postponed until Nov. 3.
Compiled by Statesman staff