This was dated yesterdat so the numbers are old.....
CIBOLO, Texas (AP) - High school senior Hayden Henshaw went to his doctor late last week suffering the classic achy, sniffly feverishness of a flu bug — unpleasant but not terribly worrisome until lab tests came back.
The 18-year-old was among the first confirmed cases of a new flu that combines bird, swine and human viruses. He and two other classmates at Steele High School were the earliest confirmed cases in Texas, which now has six confirmed statewide, and among the first reported cases in the United States.
The local high school and others in the district were closed this week to disinfect and to try to eliminate any further transmission of the virus that has been relatively mild in the U.S. but has killed at least 150 people in Mexico.
Three other Texas school districts, in suburban Dallas, New Braunfels and Rio Grande City, have also closed some schools because of confirmed or probable cases. In all, 29 campuses have closed.
Dallas County health officials said today they’ve identified six new “probable” swine flu cases. Samples have been forwarded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing.
Tarrant County health officials are awaiting CDC results on six “probable” cases of swine flu.
On the Net:
Texas Department of State Health Services’ swine flu site: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/swineflu/default.shtm
http://www.kdbc.com/global/story.asp?s=10265910
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/health/tips_info/8th-Case-of-Swine-Flu-Reported-in-San-Diego-.html
April 29th, 2009
Another case of swine flu was reported Wednesday just as the Geneva-based World Health Organization Wednesday raised its alert level for the fast-spreading swine flu to its next-to-highest notch, signaling a global pandemic could be imminent.
There are now eight cases of human infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) in San Diego County,” Health & Human Services Agency spokesman Tom Christensen said.
More details were expected to emerge about the latest case at a 3:30 p.m. news conference at which San Diego County Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten will provide an update on developments around the county. Watch the news conference here LIVE here at 3:30.
SoCal Swine Flu Cases Worry Health Officials In other news, customs agents have stopped and cleared 41 people with flu like symptoms at U.S. borders and are awaiting test results on eight more. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cited the numbers as she explained why no tightening of the U.S. border was needed. She said the novel swine flu virus already has spread into this country and others and that it’s too late for border closures to contain the spread of the flu.
None of the 49 people stopped so far at the border was detained for more than a few hours. She didn’t say where along the border people were stopped. Because symptoms may arise later, officials are handing out cards explaining the flulike symptoms to arriving travelers.<<<<<<<<Uh huh yep those cards are gonna save us all!! Idiots.