http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Schools were closed, restaurants shuttered and large public gatherings cancelled. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-h1n1-schools-effective.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 May 2011 17:50:17 EST news225478190 Obesity is socially contagious, according to research published in the past few years. How it is "caught" from others remains a murky area. But findings from Arizona State University researchers published online May 5 in the American Journal of Public Health shed light on the transmission of obesity among friends and family. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-clues-obesity-socially.html Health Thu, 05 May 2011 16:00:04 EST news223822130