Study Finds Children Twice as Likely to Catch Swine Flu
The BBC reports that a joint US-UK study has found that children are twice as likely to catch swine flu as adults.
In a study of more than 800 people, one in eight people developed the infection after someone in their house got it.
But the team also dismissed suggestions that children may be "super spreaders" as they were found to be no more contagious than older people.
Rates of swine flu have tended to be higher among younger age groups, the official figures have shown.
Swine flu is also deadlier for children than adults. Swine flu is still going around and is estimated to have killed at least 10,000 people in the U.S. including 1,100 children and 7,500 younger adults. Children and adults should get vaccinated against H1N1 if they haven't already.
The BBC 
