By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY
As the first day of classes approaches for some districts, school and health officials in several states are preparing for the possibility of wider outbreaks of the H1N1 virus.
Swine flu, which disproportionately targets teenagers and young adults, is expected to begin spreading more rapidly when students return to the close quarters of classrooms and dormitories, county and state health officials say. They expect greater-than-usual numbers of students to seek inoculations because of widespread publicity about H1N1.
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