Flu cases on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus dropped by two-thirds last week, prompting a student health official to wonder if the worst of the flu epidemic is over.
University Health Services (UHS) reported only 46 students were evaluated with influenza-like illness Nov. 8-14, the eleventh week of the fall semester. Thatâ??s down from 115 cases in week 10, and is the second-lowest number of flu cases seen at the clinic in one week since classes began Sept. 2.
UHS epidemiologist Craig Roberts said itâ??s hard to read what the drop in numbers mean.