HUP Changes Visiting Policy Due to Swine Flu
More than half the people hospitalized for swine as of September 1, 2009, were under 25, according to the CDC.
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The hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is changing its visitors' policy to help prevent the spreading the swine flu.
Children under 16 will not be able to visit patients at HUP because they are most likely to spread illness, according to the CDC.
Hospital officials are also asking anyone who may have symptoms, not to visit anyone at the hospital.
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