Swine Flu Archive

  • Flu Update #7 From Nurse Dolly

    Flu Update #7 From Nurse Dolly

    The school-based H1N1 vaccination clinics were completed as of Monday, December 21.  The Health and Human Services Department has vaccinated more than 4,000 students. One vaccine manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur, has issued a non-safety related recall of some of its vaccine for children 6 months to...

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  • Flu Update #5 From Nurse Dolly

    Flu Update #5 From Nurse Dolly

    About 2 percent of Newton Public Schools students are absent due to known influenza-like illness.  Individual classes and schools may have higher illness rates with clusters of students who are ill.  The overall ILI rate is gradually increasing. To control the spread of this contagious...

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  • Flu Update #4

    Flu Update #4

    There has been an increase in the rate of absences in the Newton Public Schools due to influenza-like illness. This is expected and consistent with what is being reported across the state. As of Wednesday, Oct. 28, Less than 1 percent, or 85 of the...

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  • H1N1 Policy for the Newton Schools

    H1N1 Policy for the Newton Schools

    The H1N1 (swine) influenza will continue to be a public health challenge in the upcoming school year. State and federal public health authorities believe that the disease will be easy to catch and will cause mild illness in most people. It is expected to continue...

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