Northern Ireland:
Holidaymaker’s death is linked to swine flu
By Seanin Graham Health Correspondent
19/09/09
http://www.irishnews.com/appnews/540/5860/2009/9/19/627926_394291060477Holidaymak.html
HEALTH officials last night confirmed that the death of a 21-year-old Belfast woman in Barcelona was being linked to swine flu.
Corinna Richie was the second person from the north whose death was connected to the virus this week.
TexarkanaOfficial: It’s not a normal flu season
Cases appearing sooner; virus targeting children
By: Ashley Gardner - Texarkana Gazette - Published: 09/19/2009
A family waits at CHRISTUS St. Michael Heath System’s Emergency Room. The hospital is taking several precautions to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, including providing hand sanitizer and face masks.
Hospital emergency rooms and doctor’s offices in Texarkana have been inundated this week with sick patients, including some with symptoms of the flu, health authorities said. All indications are that the flu season has arrived early.“In the last few days we’ve seen an increasing number of people coming to emergency department with flu-like symptoms,” said Francine Francis, CHRISTUS St. Michael director of communications. “We had 269 patients come to the emergency department Tuesday and 31 percent of those presented with flu-like symptoms. Thursday we saw 243 patient in the emergency room and 3...