ROCKFORD — The Carlson Elementary School students standing in line for H1N1 flu shots this morning whispered one universal question to classmates emerging from the room where the shots were administered. “Did it hurt?”  The almost universal answer was a smile and “No.”
 

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H1N1 vaccination consent forms
 

SPECIAL REPORT
Information on H1N1, the flu
 

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A schedule for H1N1 shots at Rockford schools

A steady stream of people showed up at the DuPage County Health Department to be inoculated against the H1N1 virus. Children squirmed in the arms of their parents Thursday as they arrived at the appointed hour to be inoculated. The vaccinations will be available to Rockford School District students in the next few weeks.
 

RECENT FLU HEADLINES
Oct. 22: H1N1 vaccine coming to Rockford schools
Oct. 21: Most flu cases likely to be H1N1 variety
Oct. 20: Software helps county track flu cases
Oct. 20: County issues its first H1N1 shots

MORE FLU COVERAGE
Special report: Find info on flu and H1N1 virus
 

ASSOCIATED PRESS INTERACTIVE
Where swine flu is, how it spreads

ASSOCIATED PRESS VIDEO INSIDE
Illinois school overwhelmed by swine flu

ROCKFORD — The large majority of current influenza cases in Winnebago County are from the H1N1 swine flu virus and, as health officials expected, a good deal of it is in schools.
 

FLU HEADLINES
Oct. 21: H1N1 information meeting Oct. 29
Oct. 20: Software helps county track flu cases
Oct. 20: Hospitals restricting visitors to stop H1N1
Oct. 20: USDA confirms H1N1 in Minn. pigs
Oct. 20: Feds study H1N1 shot dose for asthmatics
Oct. 20: County issues its first H1N1 shots

MORE FLU COVERAGE
Special report: Find info on flu and H1N1 virus
 

ASSOCIATED PRESS VIDEO INSIDE
Why does swine flu make kids more sick?

SYDNEY — The young woman stood naked in her downtown office building, swaying next to an open window. Her final words were sudden and calm: “I know I am going to jump.” Rebekah Lawrence, so modest and shy she often blushed around others, burst into song and leapt out the window. Lawrence died that day. But her mind had begun to show cracks a few days before, as she finished an intense self-help seminar called The Turning Point.

ROCKFORD — Matt Abston knew a blood donation his stepfather made in 2008 had saved someone’s life. That was enough to convince the Rockford Christian High School sophomore to make his first donation Thursday during a Rock River Valley Blood Center drive at the school. About 40 units of blood were expected to be collected at one of the first drives of the school year in a program that will reach most high schools in the area.

LOS ANGELES — Thirteen-year-old Andrea Levy ticked off a mental list of rules to follow when her guest arrived: Greet her at the door. Introduce her to the family. Offer a cold drink. This was a pivotal moment for Andrea. Andrea has autism, and socializing doesn’t come naturally. For the past several weeks, she’s gone to classes that teach the delicate ins and outs of making friends, an Emily Post rules of etiquette for autistic teens.