What will happen if a student on campus gets sick with the flu?
At Howard University, we will be following the recommendations of the CDC for college students: • Isolation until 24 hours after the ill student is free of fever (100 degrees F) without the use of fever-lowering medications. In most cases this will mean three-five days. This new recommendation is a reduction from the previous seven-day isolation period. Isolation helps to prevent the spread of the flu and rest may help students recover more easily. • Students who are able may wish to go home or to the home of a friend in the area for the isolation period. For those who are not, we will ask students to self-isolate themselves in their residence hall rooms or apartments until they are free of fever. It’s important to note that Howard University will have very limited housing spaces that might be used to separate well students from ill students. • Treatment of ill individuals with the prescription drug Tamiflu is recommended by the CDC only if there is an underlying health condition (seve
