The AP/Washington Post examines evidence presented Monday at an American Society for Microbiology conference that suggests patients infected with the H1N1 virus are contagious longer than those infected with the seasonal flu. However, "[i]t is unclear whether the new research will lead the CDC to rethink its advice on how long people with swine flu should hole up," the article notes (Marchione, 9/14).

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