The Daily Eastern News

COLUMN: The only shots you should be taking this Friday- a flu shot

Ellen Dooley, Opinions Editor • October 24, 2023

I had the pleasure of going to visit the flu shot clinic in the MLK Jr. Union University Ballroom. Coming out of the COVID-19 age, I was interested in how many people were coming out to voluntarily get...

HERC’s flu clinic, free flu vaccine

Madelyn Kidd, Managing Editor • October 7, 2021

Editor's Note: This article has been updated to further clarify information about the flu clinic and vaccine availability. A clinic with free flu shots for faculty and staff provided by Eastern’s...

Have common sense; prevent illness

Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor • March 9, 2020

OK, people, common sense check: If you are told to self-quarantine, that does not mean go out and risk spreading the coronavirus to others. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday that the first case...

What you need to know for flu, cold season on campus

Logan Raschke, News Editor • February 10, 2019

During every bustling week of cold and flu season, Eastern students are getting sick and passing their illnesses along to one another unintentionally. Becky Ogle, family nurse and practitioner, and registered...

Few take advantage of free flu vaccine

Mike Santoria, Contributing Writer • February 1, 2018

Few students took advantage of Wednesday’s free walk-in flu clinic. Administrative nurse Carol Cheetham said eight students showed up to the Human Services building to attend the daylong event. Cheetham...

Free flu shots to be offered Wednesday

Mike Santoria, Staff Reporter • January 30, 2018

Students can get free flu shots from 8:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Human Services Building. Nurses from the Health and Counseling Services will be administering...

HERC offers free flu shots

Sharita Harris, Staff Reporter • October 5, 2014

The Health Education and Resource Center will be giving out free flu shots to all of Eastern’s campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Shots for students will be in the University Ballroom of the...