Speaker emphasizes swine flu, hopes for vaccines
Despite recent cases of swine flu at schools across the United States, including one case at UF, there were only about 10 students at a lecture about the virus Monday night.
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Despite recent cases of swine flu at schools across the United States, including one case at UF, there were only about 10 students at a lecture about the virus Monday night.
Florida had 55 confirmed cases of swine flu, including one UF student, as of Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Future health care reform in the United States will emphasize cost-effective treatment, upping health insurance requirements and healthy habits for citizens, according to Kristine Blackwood.
About 90 students will learn basic life-saving techniques today at UF's Gator Saver Day, hosted by the UF's Student Health Care Center and Student Government.
At 11 p.m., registered nurse Alexis Lynch gulps down a Dr Pepper and some animal crackers to give her energy for the 16th hour of her shift on the pediatrics floor at Shands at UF. She agreed to work late even despite being scheduled to leave at 7 p.m. because there were not enough nurses to cover the shift.
Along with more staff and faculty layoffs, UF's last sport and fitness classes are also on the chopping block after the release of budget cut proposals from three more colleges.
Stoners everywhere have been getting mixed signals lately thanks to the Obama administration's stance on legalizing marijuana. Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Mexico for her first diplomatic tour of the country that has been rocked by more than 7,300 deaths in the Mexican government's war on drugs. Clinton alluded to a change in U.S. drug policy after conceding that America's voracious appetite for drugs only fuels the problem.
Last Wednesday College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Paul D'Anieri revealed possible CLAS budget cuts which, if implemented, would reduce funding for the Department of Religion at UF by 65 percent. This would leave the department with a mere four faculty members and would likely end the graduate program.
A former Miss Florida and UF alumna spoke about her struggles with an eating disorder to about 30 students and faculty Wednesday night on the Plaza of the Americas.
Lindsay Byers-Storey has been sober for a year and a half. She hasn't binged, purged or starved herself.
B. Lee Green, vice president of the Office of Institutional Diversity at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, spoke about the differences between racial classes and their health on Wednesday.
As the holiday that emphasizes love and intimacy approaches, students will have the chance to get checked for STDs.
UF's Delta Phi Epsilon sorority house reopened Monday after closing for nearly a week due to an outbreak of Norovirus, a food-borne illness, that may have infected about 35 girls in the sorority.
More adults than kids crowded the classrooms of UF's new Baby Gator Child Development and Research Center on Tuesday night.
Rafal Strzalkowski said his mother knew something was wrong when he was 12 months old.
Florida's marine life is under threat because of changes in waterways, but UF researchers may now have resources to find some solutions.
UF is going blue.
People send e-cards for birthdays, holidays or to express a simple "thinking of you."
With early voting starting today, we here at the Alligator thought it would be a good idea for you to take a look at your local candidates.
All those extra coughs, sneezes and runny noses are adding up.