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Laura Wilson Publications'Board Chairman Tim Hedegaard 436-9253 Professional Adviser Don Walton 473- 7301 FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily Nebraskan(USPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0448, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly during summer sessions. Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a.m. and 5 R.m. Monday through Friday. The public also as access to the Publications Board. For information, contact Tim Hedegaard, 436 9253,9 a.m.-11 p.m. Subscription price is $50 for one year. Postmaster: send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R St.,Lincoln, NE 68588-0448. Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1995 DAILY NEBRASKAN Ml 9 _ $309 Franl $329 Madrid $339 Tokyo $449 Rome $409 Fares are cAdi wsyfrcm Omaha based on round trip purchase. 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If you have private insurance and - wish to have the UNL insur ance removed from your tuition bill, you need to show proof of your coverage and sign a waiver at the Health Center _business office._ Hepatitis A outbreak not likely By Catherine Blalock Staff Reporter Although five people have been diagnosed with Hepatitis A in the last month, there is no indication of an outbreak, said one health department official. • A food handler was diagnosed with Hepatitis A on Thursday. That case and the first case discovered in Au gust are probably linked, said Lori Vrtiska Seibcl, a Lindoln-Lancaster Health Department official. The two parties know each other, she said. “He really didn’t have contact with food,” Seibel said of the most recent case. “We feel the public risk is very low.” The term “food handler” is used very loosely, she said, to mean anyone working in a restaurant. All other employees of the restau rant have tested negative for Hepatitis A, she said. “If it changes we will be the first to J tell the public,” Seibel said. During the week of Sept. 4, three cases were diagnosed. It is unusual to have three cases reported in one week, said Carol Mitchell, the communicable disease coordinator for the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department. But there is no indication that those cases are linked. Since classes began, no cases have been diagnosed on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, said Dr. Joseph Hermsen of the University Health Center. Hepatitis A is spread through shared food, not casual contact, Mitchell said. She said people infected with Hepa titis A experience flu-like symptoms such as fatigue, nausea and vomiting. The two key symptoms are coffce colored urine and jaundice, a yellow ing of the skin. To reduce the risk of con tacting the virus, Mitchell said, people simply need to wash their hands. “Everybody should be washing their hands,” she said. “The best de fense is hand washing.” To make sure that people infected don’t spread the virus to others, she said, those in close contact with them have been given antibiotics. Once people have been affected with Hepatitis A, they may or may not face a recurrence, Mitchell said. It’s like chicken pox, she said — some people will get the virus and it will never come back. Others may get it again. Several cases are normally reported to the Health Center during a school term because it is acommon disorder, Hermsen said. In 1994, five Hepatitis A cases were reported to the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department. Mitchell said that number was below the aver age. . Because the initial symptoms re semble the flu virus, people with Hepa titis A tend to avoid seeing a physician until the key symptoms develop, Mitchell said. Those who believe they have been infected with the virus should see a doctor as soon as pos sible, she said. Hermsen said the Health Center offered a $24 diagnostic blood test. Some students, wanting a little ex tra precaution from catching the virus, have" visited the Health Center for a $57 vaccination. The vaccine became available this spring, he said, but it is unknown how long the vaccine is good for. Attention : • \ ■~. 1 December 1995 Graduates Your Degree Application is Due September 22,1995 Apply at 107 Canfield Administration