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| School closings may be no holiday for influenza pandemic |
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April 2008Closing schools during an influenza pandemic could prevent one in seven cases of influenza, British researchers said in a study that suggests such action would have less impact than some other estimates. But they said school closings would create significant hardships for working parents, who might be forced to create informal day care arrangements that would undo efforts to contain the spread of influenza. "We find school closings would be less effective than some studies have suggested," said Dr. Simon Cauchemez of Imperial College London, whose study appears in the journal Nature. Cauchemez and colleagues used public health data from France that compared influenza transmission when school was in session and during school holidays. Content Updated (Monday, 19 May 2008) |