Most U.S. campuses already reporting flu-like sicknesses

09.sep.09
USA Today
Elizabeth Weise

Almost three-quarters (73%) of American colleges and universities are
reporting cases of influenza-like illnesses among students, with the
highest rates in the Southeast and Midwest, the American College Health
Association says.
There were 4,045 new flu-like illness cases between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4
among 204 schools taking part in voluntary reporting, the new data show.
Most schools are not testing to confirm the virus is H1N1, or swine flu.
But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says nearly all the
flu virus now circulating is H1N1.
So far there has been only one flu-related college death. Troy
University freshman Andrew Salter, 18, of Valley, Ala., died on Sept. 4
after fighting first H1N1 and then pneumonia, says university official
Herbert Reeves.
So far Washington State University in Pullman has been hardest hit, with
about 2,500 cases, says the school's Paula Adams.