The North Wind

NMU Health Center reminds students to stay safe during flu season

Joad Blaauw-Hara, Contributing Writer • November 18, 2021

With flu season approaching amidst the ongoing pandemic, NMU's Health Center is open for students, faculty, staff and community for health-related needs to keep safe during the time.

Opinion—In a pandemic-fatigued society, flu season arrives all the same

Nicholas Conroy, Copy Editor • November 4, 2021

The concept of two viral illnesses going around at once is scary, yes, but we know the best ways to deal with both. Remain vigilant and take action to protect yourself. Rinse. Repeat. We are all well-seasoned health safety veterans at this point.

Editorial—COVID-19 rates in Marquette concerning

North Wind Staff • September 30, 2021

If there’s any hope of convincing a campus community that’s become tired of the constant reminders and pleas for caution, we would like to try. Please, make it a personal goal to continue to wear your mask correctly, even in the grocery store or in social gatherings. Don’t go to class if you feel ill. Again, COVID-19 is still here. We’ve talked about it enough, we know how to combat it. At this point, a year and a half later, it’s just a matter of discipline.

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic: history repeats itself

Rayna Sherbinow • February 1, 2021

As NMU enters the third week of the winter semester and approaches one year of dealing with the pandemic, certain sights once considered alien is now familiar. Face masks, social distancing and distance...

NMU competes with three UP universities for most flu immunizations

Akasha Khalsa • October 22, 2020

Students, faculty, and staff at NMU are being encouraged to participate in the 2020 winter flu shot competition, Yooper U’s Fight the Flu. This event, organized by NMU’s Center for Rural Health, puts...

Health Center offers safe flu shot clinics to students, staff

Jesse Wiederhold • October 12, 2020

The NMU Vielmetti Health Center is hosting a walk-in campus flu shot clinic, with the first one being Tuesday, Oct. 13 from noon through 4 p.m. inside the Northern Center ballrooms. Students will enter...

How to avoid the flu this season

Sophie Hillmeyer • February 8, 2018

Influenza—the flu—has been widespread across the country this year, and that includes NMU’s campus. Since the beginning of the winter semester, many students have come down with Type A influenza...