title	grade	timestamp	headline_url	headline_text	friendly_source_name	
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2019-03-03 13:42:51"	"https://www.foxnews.com/health/flu-at-illinois-middle-school-causes-hundreds-of-students-to-call-out-sick-report"	"Flu at Illinois middle school causes hundreds of students to call out sick"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2018-01-27 10:57:29"	"https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-flu-spreads-schools-close-in-at-least-11-states-1516984718"	"Schools close in 11 States as flu epidemic spreads"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-04-28 22:55:08"	"http://www.click2houston.com/news/214-humble-isd-students-absent-as-investigation-into-illness-outbreak-continues"	"Mystery Illness: 214 students absent from Houston suburb school district"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-04-01 13:48:17"	"http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Teachers-deep-clean-classrooms-after-flu-cancels-school-in-Dublin-417721523.html"	"Teachers deep clean classrooms after flu cancels school in Virginia"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-03-26 10:57:24"	"http://abc11.com/health/sanford-school-forced-to-close-by-flu/1814596/"	"Central NC school forced to close by flu"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-03-23 20:44:37"	"http://www.10tv.com/article/west-jefferson-local-schools-closed-thursday-and-friday-due-flu-outbreak"	"Flu closes schools in central Ohio for rest of week"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-03-19 13:26:09"	"http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20170317/two-holland-area-schools-close-due-to-illness"	"Two western Michigan schools close due to illness"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-03-02 12:48:07"	"http://www.cbs58.com/story/34628924/lake-country-school-closed-on-wednesday"	"More than 10% of students out sick in southeast Wisconsin school district"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-26 12:37:17"	"http://wsav.com/2017/02/24/ga-school-district-closed-due-to-flu-and-norovirus-outbreak/"	"Northwest Georgia school district closed due to flu and norovirus outbreak"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-26 12:36:22"	"http://fox17online.com/2017/02/23/all-of-kalamazoo-public-schools-closed-friday-due-to-illness/"	"Schools across county close due to illness in southwest Michigan"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-23 19:32:25"	"http://www.news9.com/story/34581882/flu-closes-dickson-schools-for-the-rest-of-the-week"	"Southern Oklahoma..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-23 19:30:51"	"http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/dade-county-cancels-class-flu-surges-georgia/Ujl9YFTjnxW9gFInjcUUxM/"	"County cancels class as flu surges in northwest Georgia"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-18 19:16:07"	"http://wsbt.com/news/local/some-schools-close-after-spike-in-illnesses"	"Northern Indiana..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-18 19:15:15"	"http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/texas/article/Two-more-Texas-school-districts-shut-down-due-to-10940419.php"	"More in Texas..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-18 18:58:33"	"http://www.ksla.com/story/34535089/bowie-co-school-gets-4-day-weekend-following-flu-outbreak"	"Northeast Texas..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-18 14:31:04"	"http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=9&ArticleID=34070"	"Northern Wisconsin..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-18 14:30:00"	"http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article133310304.html"	"16 school districts in central and eastern Kentucky..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-18 14:29:18"	"http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/ph-tt-imaculate-closing-0215-20170216-story.html"	"Northern Maryland..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-18 14:28:21"	"http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/bristol-virginia-schools-close-due-to-illnesses/article_9c5404f2-c9f0-5fda-b8db-cbc91287f247.html"	"Southwest Virginia..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-18 14:27:15"	"http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2017/02/flu_bug_closes_vassar_ashley_s.html"	"Eastern Michigan..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-18 14:26:03"	"http://www.wadenapj.com/news/local/4219318-bertha-hewitt-school-closing-friday-monday-due-high-number-influenza-cases"	"Central Minnesota..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-18 14:24:36"	"http://www.nwahomepage.com/news/gentry-schools-closed-on-friday-due-to-flu/658875021"	"Northwest Arkansas..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-18 14:22:53"	"http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2017/02/17/flu-virus-cases-close-york-school/98034830/"	"South central Pennsylvania..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-16 17:56:29"	"http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Education/2017/02/15/Elizabethton-City-Schools-to-close-because-of-flu.html"	"Northeast Tennessee..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-16 17:54:10"	"http://www.thehawkeye.com/news/local/area-schools-close-for-flu/article_351eac78-da95-51a6-a44c-f4d7978262ba.html"	"Southeast Iowa..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-16 16:22:28"	"http://nbc4i.com/2017/02/16/flu-outbreak-closes-madison-christian-school-another-day/"	"Flu outbreak closes Christian school another day in central Ohio"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-15 18:36:53"	"http://www.kait8.com/story/34503897/flu-forces-another-school-to-close"	"Flu forces another south central Missouri school to close"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-14 23:03:04"	"http://www.thealpenanews.com/news/local-news/2017/02/alcona-schools-close-due-to-illness/"	"School district in northern Michigan averaging absentee rate of 18%"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-14 22:59:23"	"http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/2017/02/13/more-than-100-teachers-out-sick-wilson-county/97859890/"	"County near Nashville: 2,000 students, 138 teachers out sick on Monday"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-14 22:55:38"	"http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Texas-schools-closed-flu-outbreaks-February-2017-10923914.php"	"At least 9 Texas schools have closed due to flu outbreaks this month"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-12 19:07:05"	"http://www.columbiadailyherald.com/news/20170211/middle-tennessee-schools-close-due-to-illness"	"Middle TN..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-12 19:03:34"	"http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/flu-surge-closes-schools-fills-hospital-beds/9ymHUvEmDXPgvakZXsyyHK/"	"Western OH..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-12 19:02:15"	"http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/flu-strep-close-county-schools-monday/article_fc29fe69-5593-5f98-a9d0-5986deebb302.html"	"Eastern TN..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-12 19:00:29"	"http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Flu-forces-Medina-ISD-to-close-its-schools-Friday-10924131.php"	"South central Texas..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-12 18:10:15"	"http://www.nj.com/passaic-county/index.ssf/2017/02/flu_outbreak_forces_closure_of_north_jersey_school.html"	"North NJ school district..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 13:28:32"	"http://times-herald.com/news/2017/02/coweta-schools-see-spike-in-illness-related-absences"	"West Georgia..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 11:45:07"	"http://www.state-journal.com/2017/02/10/widespread-illness-causes-butler-co-russellville-schools-to-close/"	"More in western KY..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 00:16:15"	"http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/2017/02/08/new-albany-catholic-school-closed-due-flu/97659532/"	"Catholic school in southern Indiana..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 00:11:52"	"http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/234593388-story"	"Northwest Georgia..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 00:10:59"	"http://www.ksla.com/story/34461239/flu-outbreaks-force-at-least-2-arklatex-schools-to-close"	"North Alabama..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 00:08:45"	"http://www.kfvs12.com/story/34440337/clarkton-mo-schools-closed-rest-of-week-due-to-flu"	"Another in south central Missouri..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 00:06:45"	"http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/leon-isd-schools-closed-after-nearly-a-quarter-of-students/article_fc6ca5ab-c290-5702-b91c-f6ad1a8d20e7.html"	"Quarter of students out at east Texas district..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 00:04:49"	"http://wset.com/news/local/flu-activity-widespread-in-virginia-liberty-university-reports-an-outbreak-on-campus"	"Liberty University campus outbreak..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 00:03:53"	"http://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/state-health-officials-weigh-in-on-this-years-flu-as-western-kentucky-school-closings-continue/654236886"	"Western Kentucky..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"4"	"2017-02-11 00:02:41"	"http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Flu-causing-hundreds-of-absences-in-Point-Pleasant-413237263.html"	"Hundreds of absences in one school in WV..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-10 21:06:41"	"http://www.11alive.com/news/health/flu-that-shut-down-several-tenn-schools-is-already-in-ga-experts-say/406674154"	"Experts: Flu that shut down several TN schools is already in GA"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-10 21:05:00"	"http://www.wvtm13.com/article/ashville-high-school-battling-flu-outbreak/8701429"	"Alabama high school outside Birmingham battling widespread sickness among students"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-10 21:03:06"	"http://kplr11.com/2017/02/09/ofallon-school-cancels-friday-classes-due-to-flu-outbreak/"	"St. Louis suburb cancels classes"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-10 21:01:30"	"http://wset.com/news/local/widespread-flu-outbreak-impacting-local-schools"	"11 schools in same southcentral Virginia county with unusally high absentee rates"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-10 20:56:47"	"http://www.ky3.com/content/news/School-canceled-for-two-days-due-to-flu-outbreak-413349583.html"	"School canceled for two days due to flu in central Missouri"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-09 18:17:12"	"http://www.ksla.com/story/34461239/flu-outbreak-closes-caddo-school-for-the-rest-of-the-week"	"No classes at schools in northwesten Louisiana"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-09 18:15:31"	"http://www.kfvs12.com/story/34455254/twin-rivers-r-x-closing-rest-of-the-week-due-to-flu-outbreak"	"Flu closes schools for rest of the week in southeastern Missouri"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-09 18:13:28"	"http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Patrick-County-schools-closing-two-days-because-of-flu-outbreak-413236893.html"	"Schools in southwest Virginia close two days because of flu outbreak"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-08 18:38:19"	"http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Flu-outbreak-closes-elementary-school-in-Kerr-10915699.php"	"Flu outbreak closes elementary school in Texas county"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-06 22:12:26"	"http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2017/02/06/knox-county-schools-joins-long-list-east-tennessee-school-districts-closed-illness/97559328/"	"Long list of east Tennessee districts closed for illness"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-03 20:23:49"	"http://www.myrecordjournal.com/news/latestnews/9924008-154/meriden-school-closed-due-to-high-number-of-sick-students.html"	"Absences spike at school in Connecticut"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-02-03 20:22:02"	"http://www.wbir.com/news/local/education/grace-christian-academy-closed-wednesday-thursday-due-to-illness/395355878"	"More East Tennessee school systems close from illness"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-01-23 16:41:33"	"http://www.kspr.com/content/news/Everton-Schools-Closed-on-Monday-Because-of-Flu-411481375.html"	"Flu closes school district in Missouri"
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-01-21 12:23:59"	"http://www.wbir.com/news/local/corbin-city-schools-closed-friday-due-to-illness/388476521"	"And in Kentucky..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-01-21 09:57:07"	"http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/school-s-canceled-but-no-one-is-celebrating/article_45a013e1-a058-50b4-b238-270ba364e8fc.html"	"And in Missouri..."
"EXTENSIVE STUDENT ABSENCES REPORTED"	"5"	"2017-01-21 09:55:20"	"http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Flu-outbreak-forces-local-school-district-to-cancel-classes-411264055.html"	"Flu: Texas school called off after 20% spike in absences"