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For UC Berkeley junior Aya Abounasr, a regular weekday ends as the clock strikes 3 a.m., when after a long day of classes and work she finally closes her textbook and heads to bed. Like many students, Abounasr — an assistant student researcher in the College of Natural Resources —
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About three weeks after the first cases of mumps was recorded within the UC Berkeley community, health officials warn that the outbreak is not over and the campus could face a second wave of cases soon. There are currently 16 confirmed mumps cases, 15 cases under investigation and 10 suspected
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Tentative plans for the expansion of the UC Berkeley Recreational Sports Facility — which would create a new recreational “wellness” center for physical and mental health on campus — could be put to a student vote as early as a referendum spring semester. The facility, which offers services to more
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The cases of mumps have remained stable at 15 confirmed and 15 suspected in the UC Berkeley community, according to the California Department of Public Health.
Over 750 people attended UC Berkeley University Health Services’ second mumps vaccination clinic Tuesday in light of the mumps outbreak that emerged on campus in the last two weeks. Unlike the first vaccination clinic held Thursday, which prompted more than 900 students, faculty and staff to wait in line for over
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The California Department of Public Health confirmed Monday that the mumps outbreak at UC Berkeley — which has grown to 44 suspected and confirmed cases — began when a UC Berkeley student contracted the virus in Great Britain. Department spokesperson Matt Conens said in an email Monday that laboratory-confirmed cases of
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A mumps outbreak among the UC Berkeley community has increased to 27 suspected and confirmed cases, state officials said Friday. According to Ralph Montano, spokesperson for the California Department of Public Health, seven cases of the mumps have been confirmed at UC Berkeley. There are now 20 suspected cases of
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In light of the recent mumps outbreak, hundreds of students and faculty braved intermittent rain Thursday to wait for a vaccine that immunizes against mumps, measles and rubella. At least 900 students, faculty and staff — who waited in line for an hour — were vaccinated Thursday, according to Kim
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In light of the recent mumps outbreak, hundreds of students and faculty braved the intermittent rain Thursday to wait for an hour in a line that stretched around the Tang Center for a vaccine that immunizes against mumps, measles and rubella. With 20 confirmed and suspected cases of mumps, the
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In the days following the announcement of an outbreak of mumps on campus, campus officials are taking a series of measures to prevent further spread of the infection. Cases of mumps, so far only identified in students, have risen dramatically since the first instances were announced Friday. From only four
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