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All employees system‑wide who engage in activities on a WSU worksite are required to either declare themselves fully vaccinated or request an exemption.

WSU custodial staff will use COVID‑19 sanitation guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Washington State Department of Health for routine cleaning, including common touch surfaces.

John Stark, Puyallup Research & Extension Center, is working with the CDC to tackle diseases like West Nile Virus, Zika and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Nine veterinary students and two faculty from the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine were among some 300 veterinary students from colleges across North America who visited the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week to learn about educational, research and career opportunities there.

  A (H1N1) Cases as of 8 a.m. May 7 896 confirmed cases in 41 states     General safety measures   *  Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and throw the used tissue in the trash.   *  Wash your hands often with soap and hot water […]

    U.S. Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection (As of May 5, 2009, 11:00 AM ET) States # of laboratory confirmed cases Deaths Alabama 4   Arizona 17   California 49   Colorado 6   Connecticut 2   Delaware 20   Florida 5   Georgia 1   Idaho 1   Illinois 82   Indiana […]

    Swine flu (H1N1) cases have doubled in the United States since May 1, from 141 confirmed cases to 286, with one death. Although there are 35 suspected cases of swine flu in Washington state, there are still none that have been “laboratory confirmed.”    One case was confirmed today in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.   During the past several days, […]

  Washington State Department of Health announced Wednesday evening that six “probable cases of swine flu” have been identified in the state — three in King County, two in Snohomish County and one in Spokane County.   Having testing multiple flu samples since Monday, the DOH is now sending “six samples it could not positively subtype […]

No cases of swine flu have been detected in Washington state, according to a press release by the state’s Department of Health, and the risk of exposure is currently low.   Both the Department of Health and the national Centers for Disease Control have issued several press releases on the swine flu outbreak and posted […]

You’ve heard about it in Asia, in Toronto, spots in Europe and on both the east and west coast of the United States. It’s Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, better known as SARS, and it’s the latest epidemic on the planet, with approximately 6,500 reported cases and 460 deaths to its credit worldwide. Rapid spread of […]