News tagged with school closure
Widespread school closures needed to stop strain on hospitals during epidemics
Selective schools closures has been considered as a means of reducing transmission between children and hence reducing the number of cases at the peak of an epidemic but new research led by researchers at ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 02, 2011 |
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When should flu trigger a school shutdown?
As flu season approaches, parents around the country are starting to face school closures. But how bad should an influenza outbreak be for a school to shut down? A study led by epidemiologists John Brownstein, PhD, and Anne ...
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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Swine flu school closings could cost billions
(AP) -- Closing schools and day care centers because of swine flu could cost between $10 billion and $47 billion, a report by the Brookings Institution think tank found.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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