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Newton school is fourth to close from flu cases

E-mail|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Elizabeth Cooney May 20, 2009 11:30 AM

A spike in absences of students with flu-like symptoms prompted officials to shutter The Fessenden School in Newton for a week, bring the tally of local school closures to four this week.

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Elizabeth Cooney is a former health reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, where she also was a business reporter and an editor. Earlier in her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.