September 16, 2009
Colleges Face Swine-Flu Challenge as Number of Sick Students Surges
Robert Hubner, Washington State U.
A "flu buddy" delivers a meal to a sick student at Washington State U.
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Robert Hubner, Washington State U.
A "flu buddy" delivers a meal to a sick student at Washington State U.
Fraternity and sorority recruitment had just wrapped up and classes were about to start when the first wave of coughing and sniffling students reached Washington State University's health center.
Over the next few weeks, more than 2,600 students either walked in or called, complaining of fevers, body aches, nausea, and other flu symptoms. No one knows how many of those students actually had the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, because health officials nationally have concluded
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