June 2009

States, Federal Agencies Will Grapple with Untested Laws

By Marcia Coyle

Just one week into the swine flu outbreak, health authorities in Baltimore detained 117 passengers on a flight from Cancun, Mexico. And Texas, Maryland and New York officials closed schools. Although the flu strain isn't an official pandemic yet, state and local officials are already flexing legal muscles — many for the first time.

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