New York City School Closed Over Swine Flu

A New York City high school will be closed Monday after more than 100 students came down with flu-like symptoms. It is believed to be the swine flu. That strain has killed more than 60 people in Mexico.

Students at a New York City high school could learn as early as Sunday if the flu that sickened them was the same strain of the human swine influenza that has killed people in Mexico. Preliminary tests of samples taken from sick students’ noses and throats confirmed that at least eight had a non-human strain of influenza type A, indicating probable cases of swine flu, city health officials said. The exact subtypes were still unknown, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was conducting further tests. – from AP