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Injured? There are more convenient options than the campus clinic

Injured? There are more convenient options than the campus clinic

Taylor Roth October 14, 2023

Getting injured or sick at college is never fun, because it causes additional stress as students seek out resources like medicine. These resources may be costly or only available off-campus. Luckily for...

Doctors notes shouldn't be required especially in the wake of allergy season

Doctors notes shouldn’t be required especially in the wake of allergy season

Giselle Barajas April 3, 2019

With spring in the air, it’s finally time to wear shorts and flip flops and ditch that big ugly winter coat you’ve been lugging around for months. It’s that time of year when we all get spring fever...

It is time to bring the topic of mental illness into the open

It is time to bring the topic of mental illness into the open

March 25, 2017

No one really understands why you have to check seven different times if the bathroom light is turned off. There’s no handbook on what to do when you have a petrifying panic attack in the cereal aisle...

West Nile Virus found in community

September 9, 2016

According to the Rock Island Public Health Department, there have been 15 human cases of the West Nile Virus in the state of Illinois as of Aug. 29 of this year. Recent tests have shown that mosquitoes...

Public health major and minor added

September 11, 2014

Students can now major or minor in public health, which can improve health globally, focusing on the health of the population as a whole. Professor of Anthropology Carolyn Hough, along with Professor...

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