Closing Schools May Not Stop Flu From Spreading

Washington

Closing schools won't necessarily stop the spread of swine flu.

What about the younger sister in a private day care center? And how to keep teens who are sent home from getting together at the mall or at each other's houses?

As of midday Wednesday, only about 100 of the nation's 132,000 schools had closed. But they included schools on both coasts and in the nation's heartland, and more were likely to shut their doors in coming days. Texas officials just suspended all high school sports — smack in the middle of baseball season. And late Wednesday the Fort Worth Independent School District announced it was closing its 140 schools, with about 80,000 students, through...