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  Feds issue more guidance on swine flu
  Schools and colleges should be ready with hard-copy packets and online lessons to keep learning going even if swine flu sickens large numbers of students this year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Aug. 24. Key words: swine flu and schools, H1N1, flu virus, swine flu preparedness, college and swine flu, K-12 and swine flu, educational technology. [ Read More ]

   

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  WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun
  The World Health Organization told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic on June 11--the first global flu epidemic in 41 years--as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America, and elsewhere. [ Read More ]

   

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  Assistant principal is first NYC swine flu death
  A school assistant principal who was sick for several days with swine flu on May 17 became the city's first death linked to the virus and the nation's sixth. Mitchell Wiener, who worked at an intermediate school in Queens, died the evening of May 17, Flushing Hospital Medical Center spokesman Andrew Rubin said. Wiener, who had been hospitalized and on a ventilator, had been sick with the virus for nearly a week before his school was closed on May 14. Complications besides the virus likely played a part in his death, Rubin said. [ Read More ]

   

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  Feds reverse course on flu-related school closings
  Easing recommendations that have closed scores of schools nationwide, federal health authorities said May 5 that the new swine flu spreading across America is too mild to warrant continued closures, reports the Sacramento Bee. [ Read More ]

   

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  Closing schools might not stop flu transmission
  Students aren't the only ones staying home as swine flu spreads through schools across the country. Parents are nursing their ailing kids while trying not to get sick themselves--and the decision to close schools can have repercussions that are felt throughout a community. [ Read More ]

   

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  Advice for schools on swine flu
  President Barack Obama on April 29 said schools should close temporarily if any students have confirmed or suspected cases of swine flu. He was reiterating guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Education Department. Here are their recommendations for schools.[ Read More ]

   

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  Obama warns of more school closings
  As worries of a possible pandemic intensified April 29 amid reports of the first death in the United States from swine flu, President Obama said school leaders should consider closing their schools temporarily if they think any of their students might be infected--and he urged parents to prepare for this contingency as well. [ Read More ]

   

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  Hundreds sick at NYC school hit by virus
  The global swine flu outbreak worsened April 28 as authorities said hundreds of students at a New York school have fallen ill and federal officials confirmed the first U.S. death from the virus. [ Read More ]

   

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  Universities mobilize against pandemic threat
  University-based research that helped authorities understand avian flu in 2006 could help mitigate the spread of swine flu in the United States, and higher-education officials are crediting the Centers for Disease Control for using social-networking tools to spread a message of caution. [ Read More ]

   

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  What you need to know about swine flu
  A never-before-seen strain of swine flu has turned deadly in Mexico and is causing milder illness in the United States and elsewhere. While authorities say it's not time to panic, they are taking steps to stem the spread and also urging people to pay close attention to the latest health warnings and take their own precautions. [ Read More ]

   

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  Swine flu shows need for science, Obama says
  President Obama declared on April 27 that "science is more essential ... than ever before" for the nation's security, health, and economy. And the proof, he said, is the swine flu outbreak that has killed more than 100 in Mexico and shown up in the United States, though with no fatalities yet, reports the Boston Globe. [ Read More ]

   

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  Swine flu fears close schools in three states
  Esti Lamonaca's illness started with a high fever, a cough, and achy bones, just a couple of days after she returned from a spring break trip on the beach in Cancun with friends. By the weekend, her voice was hoarse and she was wearing a surgical mask. [ Read More ]

   

Flu.gov K-12 and Higher Education Flu Guidance
http://www.flu.gov/professional/school/index.html

eSN SAFE Center Resources: Pandemics
http://www.eschoolnews.com/safe-center/emergencies/pandemics/?d=emergencies

Federal government’s pandemic preparation page
http://www.pandemicflu.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: H1N1 Flu
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu

Government video on Pandemic Flu
http://www.eschoolnews.com/safe-center/safe-news/index.cfm?i=58496

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en