Rep. Israel proposes swine flu legislation for schools
Photo credit: Patrick Andrade | St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows was closed in April after students became ill with swine flu.
Mary Pappas knew something was amiss on an April morning when the nurse's office she oversees at St. Francis Preparatory School in Queens was filled with students sick with fever, not the usual bumps and bruises.
Pappas, a registered nurse, didn't know at the time that she was dealing with the first cases of the H1N1 flu virus in New York. She and her two assistants at the school in Fresh...
