Students Get 'Flu Days' Even as CDC Reconsiders
Federal health officials said Monday they were rethinking their advice that schools consider closing for as long as two weeks because of swine flu, a recommendation that has already given an unscheduled vacation to 330,000 children in schools nationwide.
Shutting down schools is intended to keep infections from spreading between students and then out into the community, said Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But in the cases of swine flu in schools, the virus was apparently already circulating in the community, he said.
"We are looking at our school closure guidance," Besser said during a briefing for reporters in Atlanta. "And we're having very active discussions about whether it's...
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