Podcast Focuses On CU-Boulder's Pandemic Flu Plan And Efforts To Keep Campus Informed, Healthy | News Center

Podcast Focuses On CU-Boulder's Pandemic Flu Plan And Efforts To Keep Campus Informed, Healthy
Nov. 13, 2006

A new podcast produced by the University of Colorado at Boulder News Services office highlights what the campus is doing to prepare for a potential flu pandemic.

To access the podcast, go to www.colorado.edu/news/podcasts/index.html and click play on "CU-Boulder Ramps Up to Handle Pandemic, Common Flu Outbreak."

Since spring 2006, the CU-Boulder campus has been gearing up for the possibility of a flu pandemic. The new podcast focuses on how campus officials plan to keep the university running in the event a pandemic occurs. It also details the steps now underway to encourage students, faculty and staff to stay healthy.

In recent years, health-care experts have warned that the avian flu, the H5N1 virus, or another virus could mutate into a form that triggers the next human influenza pandemic. The United States has not seen a major flu pandemic since 1968-1969, when the Hong Kong flu killed some 34,000 Americans.

For more information on CU-Boulder's Pandemic Flu planning go to: www.colorado.edu/safety/pandemicflu/index.html.

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