Sorority Rush, Football Practices Spur College Swine Flu Season

Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — Swine flu infected hundreds of students in at least 17 U.S. colleges in the first weeks of school, providing evidence the virus is resurging as it races through sorority events and football practices. The U.S. is undergoing the highest influenza rates for this time of year since the 1968 Hong Kong flu, said Joe Quimby, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. School officials said they are preparing buses to transport the sick, isolation dorms and

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