Houston Teen With Swine Flu Dies
Updated: Thursday, 15 Oct 2009, 4:29 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 15 Oct 2009, 5:14 PM CDT
MENA EL-SHARKAWI
HOUSTON - A Pasadena ISD high school student died because of swine flu, but he had underlying health conditions, a Houston official said.
The 16-year-old boy is the first teenager in the city of Houston to died from the H1N1 strain, City of Houston’s Health Department Spokeswoman Kathy Barton said.
But the teen had underlying health conditions, the details of which were undisclosed. Barton said that he was a high-risk child who could have benefited from the vaccine.
The boy’s death increased the city of Houston’s swine flu death toll to two.
On Sept. 25, Kenneth Lane Beckett, a 27-year-old Harris County Jail inmate, became the first Houston resident to die from the strain. He, too, had underlying medical conditions.
At least 11 Houston-area residents, including a baby and a Fort Bend County teen, have died because of swine flu. The number includes deaths in Houston and Harris, Fort Bend and Brazoria counties.
Until the H1N1 vaccines become widely available, Barton suggests practicing social hygiene.
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02 October 15, 2009 in City, Idaho
Four adults die of apparent swine flu
Mike Prager
The Spokesman-Review
Four adults have died of what is suspected to be swine flu in Spokane and Post Falls recently. Of the four, three were adults who had no underlying health conditions.
The death this week of a Post Falls man in his 30s is being investigated to determine whether it was caused by the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, the Panhandle Health District said this afternoon.
The man had been suffering influenza symptoms, and tests are being conducted at the Washington State Health Department in Olympia to determine whether he had the virus that is causing a global pandemic and initially was known as swine flu.
“This individual was previously apparently healthy,” said Dr. Robert West, Kootenai County’s coroner.
Family members, friends and co-workers that the man had been in recent contact with are being alerted that his death may have been caused by swine flu.
The Spokane Regional Health District also announced this afternoon that three Spokane County residents have died recently from “likely” H1N1 virus.
They are a man in his 40s with no known underlying health conditions; a woman in her 40s with underlying health conditions; and a woman in her 60s with no known underlying health conditions.
“Every death from influenza is tragic and a reminder of how this virus can have very serious consequences,” said Dr. Joel McCullough, health officer for Spokane Regional Health District.
West said the majority of individuals who get the virus will recover without lasting health problems.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/15/post-falls-man-may-have-died-swine-flu/