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NECN: Lauren Collins, Manchester, NH) - 25-year-old Henry Masters was to graduate in the spring from Dartmouth's Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
He's described in the college paper as a good student and a hard worker, but he "had some previous medical conditions that were activated. Now whether it was activated by H1N1, we don't really know for sure, but it's certainly possible," says Dr. Jack Turco, Director of Health Services for Dartmouth and an endocrinologist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Masters was admitted to the medical center last week and tested positive for H1N1. He died over the weekend, clinically of complications related to his preexisting condition.
Dr. Turco says, "people with these previous conditions when they get H1N1, they're still at relatively speaking a very low risk of having something very bad leading to death happen, but they're certainly at higher risk than individual predisposing medical conditions."
540 students have been vaccinated for H1N1 since the start of the month. The school has run through its supply of shots. Another two hundred doses are scheduled to arrive next week when the school will hold another round of clinics.
"People aren't lining up around the building, but they are very quickly signing up when that's available," says Dr. Turco, but it's only available to only those who fall into a risk group.
"I got the regular flu vaccine but I'm not going to get
the H1N1 vaccine," says staff member Dave Lloyd.
Mimi Tanski, visiting the campus from another school, says "I'm kind of surprised that none of us have been vaccinated on our campus."
A majority of the campus -- students, faculty, staff and visitors -- has to fend off swine flu with good habits and common sense, both of which seem in plentiful supply.
"I've had a few friends who've had it and they've been fine so I'm not worried about it," says Tanski.
And Lloyd says, "I don't seem to see this overwhelming sense of fear."
450 Dartmouth students have shown flu like symptoms so far this year. Health services estimates half of them contracted H1N1. Most stayed in their rooms and recovered.
He's described in the college paper as a good student and a hard worker, but he "had some previous medical conditions that were activated. Now whether it was activated by H1N1, we don't really know for sure, but it's certainly possible," says Dr. Jack Turco, Director of Health Services for Dartmouth and an endocrinologist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Masters was admitted to the medical center last week and tested positive for H1N1. He died over the weekend, clinically of complications related to his preexisting condition.
Dr. Turco says, "people with these previous conditions when they get H1N1, they're still at relatively speaking a very low risk of having something very bad leading to death happen, but they're certainly at higher risk than individual predisposing medical conditions."
540 students have been vaccinated for H1N1 since the start of the month. The school has run through its supply of shots. Another two hundred doses are scheduled to arrive next week when the school will hold another round of clinics.
"People aren't lining up around the building, but they are very quickly signing up when that's available," says Dr. Turco, but it's only available to only those who fall into a risk group.
"I got the regular flu vaccine but I'm not going to get
the H1N1 vaccine," says staff member Dave Lloyd.
Mimi Tanski, visiting the campus from another school, says "I'm kind of surprised that none of us have been vaccinated on our campus."
A majority of the campus -- students, faculty, staff and visitors -- has to fend off swine flu with good habits and common sense, both of which seem in plentiful supply.
"I've had a few friends who've had it and they've been fine so I'm not worried about it," says Tanski.
And Lloyd says, "I don't seem to see this overwhelming sense of fear."
450 Dartmouth students have shown flu like symptoms so far this year. Health services estimates half of them contracted H1N1. Most stayed in their rooms and recovered.
