Tuesday, August 4, 2009

H1N1 this fall

National health officials are pretty sure that we'll be seeing more of H1N1 this fall, just time, yes, for school. The New York Times had a bit to say on this over the weekend.
And for those of you wondering, Worcester Public Schools will continue to require a seven day at-home period for any child who has a fever and other symptoms. Line up those sick days now...

UPDATE with some helpful links from a commenter:

MA health blog http://publichealth.blog.state.ma.us/h1n1-swine-flu/


Info for schools
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=6&L0=Home&L1=Provider&L2=Guidelines+and+Resources&L3=Guidelines+for+Services+%26+Planning&L4=Diseases+and+Conditions&L5=Influenza&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_cdc_c_flu_swine&csid=Eeohhs2#fluInfo

2 comments:

T-Traveler said...

there is some good information on the public health website:

health blog http://publichealth.blog.state.ma.us/h1n1-swine-flu/

Call 211 http://www.mass211.org/emergencyinfo.html

Info for schools
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=6&L0=Home&L1=Provider&L2=Guidelines+and+Resources&L3=Guidelines+for+Services+%26+Planning&L4=Diseases+and+Conditions&L5=Influenza&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_cdc_c_flu_swine&csid=Eeohhs2#fluInfo

Tracy Novick said...

Thank you! I'll grab those and link them in the original post!