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...What sparked the reports about insufficient testing of the new vaccine was a statement by Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control, confirming that the government has given flu vaccine manufacturers a green light to begin bottling up still-experimental shots and readying them for shipment, even before the final results from the ongoing tests on the vaccine's safety and effectiveness are completed.(Read: "Study: H1N1 Vaccine Works On Animals...
...handful of [flu] cases in a school, the real goal is to keep the school open," Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told reporters at a press conference also attended by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden...
...issued during the height of the outbreak, suggested that kids stay home for seven days after the onset of the first flu symptoms. "This recommendation is based on new information from studies both in the lab and person-to-person on how the virus spreads," said the CDC's Frieden. "This is a shorter period, and it's more practical...
...ultimate decision to close a school, however, still rests with state and local health officials, the CDC said. "The fundamental point from the end of last spring and now is the same - it's a local decision," said Frieden. "Now it's more clear to us than before that there are relatively rare times where it makes sense to close a school just because a virus is present...
Those rare instances involve schools whose students have specific health concerns that increase their risk of severe illness, said Frieden, such as schools for pregnant teens or students with muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy, conditions that interfere with breathing or may otherwise complicate influenza. The government also advised schools to take into account trends in outpatient visits for influenza at local hospitals, as well as rates of hospitalizations and death from the disease, in determining whether to close. (See pictures of the swine-flu outbreak in Mexico...