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NYC Gets First Swine Flu-Related Death

Twelve New York City schools remain closed today in an effort to prevent the spread of the swine flu virus after it claimed its first local victim, a 55-year-old assistant principal. St. David's School on Manhattan's upper East Side became the latest school to be closed on Monday after about 10 to 12 percent of the students reported flu-like symptoms. The independent Catholic school for boys decided on its own to close, bringing to 12 the number of public and private schools shut down by the...Full Story
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