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Colleges Open Their Doors—to Swine Flu

Campus is 'a perfect breeding ground for disease'

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 31, 2009 1:11 PM CDT

(Newser) – Colleges all over the country are welcoming back students—and dealing with an uninvited visitor: swine flu, Bloomberg reports. From the South to the Plains states, schools are reporting hundreds of cases—at Mississippi State University, more than 250 people have flu-like symptoms. “Envision... Read full story »

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