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...York Swine Flu Shutters Schools As the number of people affected by the H1N1 virus surpassed 10,000 worldwide, schools in the U.S., Mexico and other countries continued to close--despite a CDC statement calling the move ineffective in containing the illness. Japan has shut more than 4,000 schools; in states like Texas and New York--which reported its first flu death May 17--some students have been home for two weeks...
...he’s very interested in the students.” As director of UHS, Rosenthal oversees its daily workings and must also respond quickly to epidemics. In April, Rosenthal was involved in closing the Harvard School of Dental Medicine after a dental student was suspected to have swine flu. “He’s been able to do so many things as a physician, all the things that he’s really good at,” Rosenthal’s daughter Laura Hrasky said. Rosenthal’s career also reaches far beyond Harvard?...
Mexico Beckons. On May 15 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted its ban on nonessential travel to Mexico. Now, a month since the height of concern over the swine-flu outbreak, the country's resorts are on a mission to coax back skittish tourists. Twenty Mexican hotel chains - including Zoëtry Wellness and Spa Resorts, Secrets and Dreams Resorts and Spas, Azul Hotels, El Dorado Spa Resorts and Hotels and Real Resorts - have instituted a "flu-free guarantee" that promises guests an H1N1-free vacation. If you do contract the virus, you'll get your next three...
...city's first outbreak of swine flu occurred about a month ago, when more than 1,000 teenagers at a Catholic high school in Queens began falling ill following the return of several students from vacations in Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak...
...TIME's photoessay "Swine Flu Hits Mexico...