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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
HEALTH
Washington State students prepare for swine flu
BY NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State University is in the midst of a swine flu outbreak since classes started last month, with 2,500 people contacting student health to report flu-like symptoms and officials handing out flu kits around campus.
Officials have distributed about 200 free flu kits, including a thermometer, painkillers, throat lozenges, sport drinks, hand sanitizer and tissues.
The number of cases of suspected swine flu dropped dramatically as students left campus over the Labor Day weekend, but school officials were closely watching the numbers Tuesday to see if this would rise as students returned.
Some students wore surgical masks around campus, but most were taking it in stride.
There have been no deaths or even hospitalizations from the cases
at WSU, a school with an enrollment of about 18,000 in Pullman. About a dozen patients with nausea and vomiting have required hydration, the school said.
Officials at Washington State, and at other colleges around the nation, have been anticipating
large numbers of flu cases this fall because swine flu targets young people and thrives in the tight living quarters common on college campuses, said Paula Adams, community coordinator for WSU Health
havent", Dr. Anne Schuchat of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at a briefing Tuesday.
"Some colleges have already seen upticks but the majority of colleges haven't."
and Wellness Services.
Federal health officials say they have been girding for a spike in cases as schools and colleges came back into session in August and September.
Anyone who calls Health and Wellness to report flu-like symptoms is counted as a swine flu case. People who call are advised to stay
DR. ANNE SCHUCHAT U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"Some colleges have already seen up ticks but the majority of colleges
home, treat symptoms and drink fluids.
Dr. Dennis Garcia, senior associate director of Health and Wellness Services, said federal estimates would indicate that some 5,000 WSU students might eventually come down with the bug.
Compared with other types of influenza, the swine flu, or H1N1 strain, is relatively mild, Garcia said.
He said most students suffer three to five days of discomfort, such as fever, congestion, sore throat and fatigue.
The health center at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas places a bottle of hand sanitizer and a swine flu sign on a window in front of Marilyn Hallam on Aug. 25. Colleges across the country are seeing spikes in the number of students with flu-like symptoms as dorms fill up and classes begin for the fall semester.
LEGAL
Blagojevich seeks senators and officials as trial witnesses
BY MIKE ROBINSON
02日 2015年03月17日 11:55:03 UTC
Associated Press
CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Tuesday that statements he made on secret FBI wiretap tapes were taken out of context by prosecutors and that he might try to call senators and a top White House official as witnesses at his racketeering and fraud trial to back his version of events.
The former governor, whose trial is scheduled to begin June 3, said he expects to be cleared of
Blagojevich told The Associated Press in a phone interview that he might even try to subpoena President Barack Obama as a witness at his trial, but the court is unlikely to compel the president to testify.
charges that he tried to sell or trade Obama's former Senate seat for campaign money or a high-paying job for his wife or himself.
"I will be vindicated because I haven't done anything wrong." Blagoievich said. He said he sometimes stays awake and worries that justice — as he sees it — won't prevail and he will go to prison.
Blagojevich
Blagojevich said he is not tempted to ask his attorneys seek a plea deal that could cut years off any prison sentence.
The former governor spoke by
phone from New York, where he was promoting his book, "The Governor." He started the day with an interview with WLS radio in Chicago and an appearance on NBC's "Today" show.
According to prosecutors, the FBI secretly recorded Blagojevich last November saying he wanted something in exchange for the Senate seat.
"I've got this thing and it's (deleted) golden, and uh, uh, I'm just not giving it up for (deleted) nothing," he is quoted as saying. He was later recorded saying "I want to make money" off the seat, prosecutors said.
As he argued in his book, Blagojevich said his words were taken out-of context, and that he was hoping to appoint Illinois
Attorney General Lisa Madigan to the Senate seat in return for a deal with her father, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago.
Under that plan, Michael Madigan would push a public works bill designed to create thousands of jobs and health care legislation through the state House, while guaranteeing there would be no tax increase for Illinois residents.
In exchange, his daughter would get the Senate seat.
day before his arrest.
Harris also was charged in the indictment and has agreed to cooperate with the government. He is expected to be a witness at Blagojevich's trial. The former governor was asked if he thought Harris would support his story on
"I will be vindicated because I haven't done anything wrong."
ROD BLAGOJEVICH Former Illinois Gov.
cross examination.
In his book, Blagojevich said he told his chief of staff, John Harris, to start implementing the plan the
"If he tells the truth, that's what happened," Blagoievich said.
Ilagojevich said he might subpoena White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, Senate Democrat.
Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Robert Menendeza to back up his version
of what happened.
He said he discussed his plan with all of them.
Another possible witness he said would be former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-III).
Blagoevich said in his book that he was surprised to find out that one of his chief fundraisers, Tony Rezko, was involved in corruption. Rezko has been convicted of taking part in a $7 million payoff scheme and is now believed to be cooperating with federal prosecutors.
He said that while another former chief of staff, Alonzo Monk, never told him that he had received thousands of dollars from Rezko.
"Iftrue, I'm shocked." Blagojevich said.
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