HTN: Swine Flu News Summary

Chautauqua County health officials are still waiting for confirmation on a probable case of swine flu [[ H1N1 ]] in Bemus Point. Bemus Point schools remain closed today as the CDC continues to look into the case of a Maple Grove Junior Senior High School student. The student in question hasn't been in school since last Monday, and is linked to the St. Francis school outbreak in Queens. New York currently has 96 total cases, both probable and confirmed, of H1N1. Seventy-nine of those cases are in New York City, while the other 17 are scattered across the state.

That Queens high school with the largest cluster of swine flu cases in the United States reopened today. St. Francis Prep has been sanitized from top to bottom and Brother Leonard Conway says the 45 students diagnosed with the swine flu "have recovered or are recovering.

In light of the swine flu scare, New York State is hoping to get a jump on any future flu outbreaks. Governor David Paterson says scientists are working on ways to curb the severity of any future flu strains. The State Health Commissioner is urging New Yorkers to get a flu shot in the fall, when the disease typically starts to show up again after taking the summer off.