Latest News in Swine Flu and School Closures – May 6, 2009

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Mexicans arrive home to country emerging from flu – Sioux City Journal

6 May 2009 at 12:36pm
Women wearing masks to protect against the transmission of swine flu ride a bus in downtown Mexico City, Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Mexico’s Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens said the swine flu outbreak has cost the Mexican economy at least $2.2 billion …

6 New Cases Of Swine Flu Confirmed In NYC – CBS 2

6 May 2009 at 1:41pm
New York state Health Commissioner Richard Daines says New York City has six newly confirmed cases of swine flu, bringing the total there to 80. Statewide, New York has 97 confirmed cases of swine flu, with the majority traced to St. Francis …

NYC has 6 more cases of swine flu; total is 80 – Newsday

6 May 2009 at 1:34pm
of NYC outbreaks; INCORPORATES material in BC-NY–Swine Flu-NY Schools Reopen; CHANGES dateline. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ New York state Health Commissioner Richard Daines says New York City has six newly confirmed cases of swine flu, bringing the total …

Mexicans return to country emerging from flu – MSNBC

6 May 2009 at 9:37am
May 5: With two Americans being held in China due to swine flu fears, the CDC considers changing its recommendations on when and if U.S. schools should close to deal with the outbreak. NBC?s Tom Costello reports. Dozens of Mexican nationals …

Hillsborough to reopen schools after CDC backs off need for drastic … – St…

6 May 2009 at 11:10am
Story Tools TAMPA ? In an abrupt turnaround, Hillsborough County school officials decided Tuesday night to reopen three schools shut down due to swine flu exposure, hours after the federal government said the virus was less threatening than …

Update: No school closures from new swine flu cases – WBIR

6 May 2009 at 1:34pm
The Tennessee Department of Health now has six probable cases of the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, listed for Knox County. The four additional probable cases since the second case was announced Tuesday are all connected to schools in which …

Mexican health officials say swine flu death toll rises to 42 – Orlando Sentinel

6 May 2009 at 7:21am
MEXICO CITY (AP) ? Mexican health officials say that testing of backlogged cases has increased the confirmed swine flu death toll from 31 to 42. That includes three new deaths in the past two days. Officials also have confirmed 1,070 other cases of …

School opens week after swine flu – WTHI

6 May 2009 at 12:29pm
CHICAGO (AP) – Classes are back in session at a school on Chicago’s North Side that was the first in Illinois to close because of swine flu. Kilmer Elementary reopened Wednesday morning. It was closed for a week after a 12-year-old student fell ill …

Mexico swine flu death toll rises to 42 – Times Union

6 May 2009 at 7:14am
MEXICO CITY — Mexican health officials say that testing of backlogged cases has increased the confirmed swine flu death toll from 31 to 42. That includes three new deaths in the past two days. Officials also have confirmed 1,070 other cases of …

Two cases of swine flu suspected in Champaign County – Daily Illini

6 May 2009 at 1:41pm
Two cases of suspected swine flu are under investigation in Champaign County, an official of Champaign-Urbana Public Health District confirmed today. Both people have been hospitalized in Urbana after testing positive for influenza A, said public …

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