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Tarrant County reports second H1N1 flu death
02:45 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
FORT WORTH — Test results have confirmed that a man who died of a flu-related illness in Tarrant County last week had the H1N1 flu strain.
In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Tarrant County Public Health said the victim was in his late 50s, but privacy restrictions prevented any further identification.
It is the second Tarrant County death linked to the H1N1 virus.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said the next shipments of the H1N1 vaccine will be allocated to large private pediatrician practices and family medicine doctors. No time frame for delivery of the vaccine was announced.
The H1N1 swine flu is widespread across Texas and 36 other states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Lee County resident dies from H1N1 virus - FL
Posted: Oct 14, 2009 2:42 PM EST Updated: Oct 14, 2009 2:42 PM EST
LEE COUNTY: A 30-year-old Cape Coral woman has died from the H1N1 virus, according to the Lee County Health Department.
The health department says the woman had been hospitalized before her death and didn’t have any medical conditions that would increase her risk of complications from the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu.
“That is one of the things that is so alarming about swine flu, it doesn’t react the way seasonal flu does. Normal healthy people with no pre-existing conditions can have very severe reactions that can lead, ultimately, to death,” said Jennifer James Mesloh of the Lee County Health Department.
As of October 14, a total of 112 people have died from the H1N1 virus in Florida.
The Lee County Health Department wants to offer the vaccine to the entire community at free vaccination clinics later in October.
The health departments will hold the vaccination clinics at area high schools. People who are in the high risk categories will be givern the first supplies.
Those most at risk include:
* Children and young adults between 6 months and 24 years
* Pregnant women
* People who live with or care for children younger than 6 months old
* Health care workers and emergency medical services personnel
* People age 25 through 64 years who have health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications from influenza
The Florida Department of Health toll-free number provides public health information and updates on H1N1 Swine flu. The information line is available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EDT, seven days a week. Information is available in English, Spanish and Creole. The Florida Flu Information Line is 1-877-352-3581.
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