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Swine flu’s re-emergence: Questions and answers
Photo credit: AP File | Long Island school officials fear the H1N1 virus could spread quickly among students and staff once school starts next week.
Swine flu fears on LI, NYC, around the world
Swine flu is expected to re-emerge potent and pervasive this fall, infecting as much as half the U.S. population, hospitalizing 2 million people and killing up to 90,000, according to federal officials.
Like pandemic strains of the past, H1N1 has a predilection for infecting young people. And because schools and colleges have long served as veritable cauldrons of flu activity, the combination...
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