Second semester is in high gear, and so is flu season. College campuses, those great breeding grounds for illness, are widely reporting an unusual number of cases this year, possibly because the vaccine is a poor match to the flu viruses circulating.
Flu traffic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s health center likewise has “increased dramatically in the past three weeks,” says Sarah Van Orman, director of clinical servicesâ??and two doctors and a pharmacist have been out of work sick so far this season.