NBC Augusta's Health Check: Local News

First US death from swine flu reported

Story Updated: Apr 29, 2009

HOUSTON (AP) - Officials say the first confirmed death in the
U.S. from swine flu was a 23-month-old Mexican child who died in
Houston.

Kathy Barton, a spokeswoman for the Houston Health and Human
Services Department, said Wednesday that the child had traveled
with family from Mexico to Brownsville in south Texas.

She says the child became ill in Brownsville and was taken to a Houston hospital and died Monday night.

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the death earlier Wednesday.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY!! says ...

On Wednesday, Apr 29 at 1:02 PM

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Very sorry for your loss. I know it's harder on the loss of a child. PRAYERS TO YOU ALL!!

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