New flu kills second person in U.S., spreads globally

[FarCenter]

Tue May 5, 2009 11:11pm EDT
By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas woman with the new H1N1 flu died earlier this week, state health officials said on Tuesday, the second death outside of Mexico, where the epidemic appeared to be waning.

Officials said the woman, who was in her 30s, had other health problems. U.S. health officials have predicted that the swine flu virus would spread and inevitably kill some people, just as seasonal flu does.

Last week a Mexican toddler visiting Texas also died. Mexican officials have reported 29 confirmed deaths.

The World Health Organization was monitoring the spread of the virus and said 21 countries have officially reported 1,490 cases. The United States has 403 confirmed cases in 38 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, with another 700 "probable" cases. Canada has reported 165 cases.

"Those numbers will go up, we anticipate, and unfortunately there are likely to be more hospitalizations and more deaths," U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said.

<snip>http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5430S820090506

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1. recommend

[Muttocracy]

2. I read a poorly written web article earlier today that she'd just given birth

anyone else hear that?

[FarCenter]

4. Cameron Co. woman dies from flu virus

McALLEN — Texas state health officials confirmed Tuesday the first death of a United States resident with swine flu.

The patient, a 33-year-old pregnant schoolteacher from Harlingen, a city of about 63,000 near the U.S.-Mexico border, died early Tuesday after contracting swine flu, said Leonel Lopez, Cameron County epidemiologist.

State health department spokeswoman Carrie Williams said the woman had “chronic underlying health conditions” but wouldn’t give any more details.

The exact cause of death wasn’t immediately known.

She was first seen by a physician April 14 and was hospitalized on the 19th. The woman delivered a healthy baby while hospitalized and stayed in the hospital until her death, said Lopez, who declined to give further details about the baby.

More at http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6409074.html

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3. another NEW virus

[MercutioATC]

5. Same new virus...

...but it IS a new virus.

[SoCalDem]

6. Like New Coke.. kind of the same..but not quite..NewFlu™

just re-branding because the swine flu cost the pork people to much money:)