By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 23, 2009
Thousands of children with muscular dystrophy will not be going to summer camp this year because of the swine flu. The Muscular Dystrophy Association, based in Tucson, said it was canceling the remainder of its summer camps because swine flu had been reported in them. The association said children with muscular dystrophy were particularly at risk from the flu, although none of the children recently sickened after attending camp have died. About 1,800 children have attended this year, but another 2,500 set to go in 35 states will be affected by the cancellations.
Thousands of children with muscular dystrophy will not be going to summer camp this year because of the swine flu. The Muscular Dystrophy Association, based in Tucson, said it was canceling the remainder of its summer camps because swine flu had been reported in them. The association said children with muscular dystrophy were particularly at risk from the flu, although none of the children recently sickened after attending camp have died. About 1,800 children have attended this year, but another 2,500 set to go in 35 states will be affected by the cancellations.
