St. Catherine of Siena School in Norwood will close next week and cancel all extracurricular activities to stem a suspected outbreak of swine flu. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
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Waves of swine flu and flulike illnesses are surging through Washington area schools, doubling the normal absence rate in several school systems and leaving some campuses with as many as one-fifth of students out sick. (Source: Wash Post Health)
The children suffered no adverse effects, but the error raised questions about how carefully the vaccination program is being carried out. (Source: NYT > Health)
Waves of swine flu and flu-like illnesses are surging through Washington area schools, doubling the normal absence rate in several school systems and leaving some campuses with as many as one-fifth of students out sick. (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health)
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President Barack Obama declared H1N1 a national emergency this weekend, a status that will give the federal government greater flexibility and authority to contain the pandemic. But the current shortage of H1N1 vaccine underscores the severe lack of U.S. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
An H1N1 flu iPhone application has been unveiled by the Harvard Health Publications Division of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Lisa Henson, CEO of the Jim Henson Company, will join Washington-area school children for a screening of the new "Sid the Science Kid" special episode on the flu at the U.S. Department of Education Auditorium. The U.S. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Low-income Americans with no more than a high school education appear more likely to get vaccinated against H1N1 swine flu than people with more money and better schooling, according to a poll released on Friday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Fear of the H1N1 virus has prompted nearly 2,500 school closings throughout Iraq, in what some health officials have called an overreaction. (Source: NYT > Health)
A Welsh primary school has been shut after a number of pupils and staff tested positive for swine flu (Source: Nursing in Practice)
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