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...Read "To Travel or Not to Travel? A Swine Flu Dilemma...
...first concern for Fort Worth's parents is the health of their children. Four hundred miles from the Mexican border, the threat of swine flu - now known as H1N1 virus - has been serious enough to cause citywide school and daycare shutdowns...
...Sandra Parker, head of county's health department, to practice "social distancing" by avoiding malls and movie theaters. Health officials also are consulting with large public venues like the Rangers' ballpark in nearby Arlington to assess the situation, so far the ballpark remains open. (See the top 5 swine...
...what's left to do? For the most part, scramble for childcare arrangements and surf the Internet for information. "I Googled 'CHD swine flu' to see if something came up," says Autumn Rose Reo, 28, whose 10-month-old son has congenital heart disease. Reo quickly found links to official public health sites and old-fashioned good advice from moms and dads of CHD children who had dealt with flu outbreaks in the past...
...Cynthia Wahl, recently laid off from the Telegram, also blogs at mom2mom. She had hoped to spend some time exploring business leads for a new future when she got word that her 14-year-old's middle school was shutting down after a confirmed case of swine flu. The prospect of the whole family being home all day - her husband works at home, too - was "kinda crazy," Wahl says, though she looked forward to some "quality time" with her sons. (See pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...