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A new study suggests the H1N1 virus may not be quite as bad as feared. The study, published in the Public Library of Science
Journal, â??PLoS Medicine,â?? says the virus is at worst only slightly more deadly than the average seasonal flu outbreak.
Researchers say only 1 in 70 people showing symptoms needed to be hospitalized. About 1 in 2,000 have died. Public health
officials say vaccination is still the best way to avoid the virus.

Metro police are investigating several recent purse snatchings near stores on East Washington Street near Washington Square
Mall. Investigators are looking for several people, including one who wore a SpongeBob SquarePants jacket. He recently targeted
a children’s store employee, demanding her purse and the store’s bank deposit. Police say he had a getaway car and driver.
A similar incident was reported minutes later at the Cherry Tree Shopping Center. Now shoppers and store owners say they’re
keeping better watch of their money and their surroundings.

Angry parents and students in Anderson are speaking out about the fate of two local high schools as the school district battles
a major budget deficit. Anderson school board officials heard their objections at a meeting Tuesday night regarding two options.
The first would merge Anderson and Highland high schools into one facility, grades 10 to 12. The second option would keep
the two high schools open as grades 7-12 facilities. Most participants who spoke at Tuesdayâ??s meeting favored the latter
option. The board is expected to vote on the issue next week. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

Doctor-owned hospitals would be effectively prevented from growing by provisions in the House and Senate health reform bills. That has Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy worried. http://www.ibj.com/reform-feared-by-docs/PARAMS/article/14934

66 million Americans, or 29 percent of all adults, spend time, on average, 20 hours a week providing care for children with special needs, the elderly or other adults, according to a study commissioned by the National Alliance for Caregiving, AARP and the MetLife Foundation.

St. Vincent Foundation named six new directors: Todd Rokita, Indiana secretary of state; John Marshall, midwest development director at BremnerDuke Healthcare Real Estate; Todd Maurer, principal at Halakar Properties Inc.; Jim Powers, a managing executive at Crowe Horwath LLP; Mary Clare Broadbent, a community activist who sits on numerous not-for-profit boards; and Roberta Walton.

Dr. Sheila Stewart-Whack was promoted to medical director of the pediatric clinic at the St. Vincent Joshua Max Simon Primary Care Center.

Dr. John Palmer Snook has joined Franklin Township Family Medicine and the St. Francis Medical Group. He was staff president at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour.