{"id":129290,"date":"2026-01-12T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=129290"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:27:25","slug":"protect-yourself-and-others-during-cold-and-flu-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/protect-yourself-and-others-during-cold-and-flu-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Yourself and Others During Cold and Flu Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re sneezing, coughing, aching, and tired, you\u2019re not alone. Reports of Cold and Flu cases have increased in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Having a cold or the flu is miserable! But you can treat the symptoms. Cold symptoms tend to get worse over a few days. Flu symptoms are more severe than cold symptoms and come on faster. For either illness, it is important to rest and drink plenty of fluids to feel better.<\/p>\n<p>Cold and flu viruses spread easily in the late fall and winter. If you do catch a cold or the flu, try to stay away from others to avoid spreading the disease.<\/p>\n<p>There are several things you can do to help protect yourself and others from catching a cold or the flu:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wash your hands often.<\/li>\n<li>Stay home if you have a fever.<\/li>\n<li>Keep your hands away from your face. Your nose, eyes, and mouth are the most likely places for germs to enter your body.<\/li>\n<li>Always cover your mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing.<\/li>\n<li>Consider wearing a mask if you must be present at an important event where you&#8217;ll be near others.<\/li>\n<li>Eat well, and get plenty of sleep and exercise. This keeps your body strong so it can fight infections.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t smoke. Smoking makes it easier to get an upper respiratory infection and harder to get rid of one.<\/li>\n<li>Get the flu vaccine every year. Students and employees who have not been vaccinated for the flu yet this year can contact the Health Center at 740-368-3160 to schedule an appointment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nDoug Koyle<br \/>\nAssociate Dean for Student Success<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:dmkoyle@owu.edu\">dmkoyle@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re sneezing, coughing, aching, and tired, you\u2019re not alone. Reports of Cold and Flu cases have increased in recent weeks. Having a cold or the flu is miserable! But you can treat the symptoms. Cold symptoms tend to get worse over a few days. Flu symptoms are more severe than cold symptoms and come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129291,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129290\/revisions\/129291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}