Mysterious U.S. Swine Flu Probe Widens as Mexico Finds Swine Flu *updated*

SEREMI stressed prior heart condition died AH1N1 in Temuco

The surrogate SEREMI Health Region of La Araucanía, Gloria Cuevas, insisted that the young Philip Solis, who died last Wednesday in Temuco, suffered from heart disease prior aggravated after contracting the human influenza.

"The patient's death was due to a severe arrhythmia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, that is the cause of death although the PCR test came out positive for human influenza, this virus only caused infection in the same way as it was a pneumococcal pneumonia, said authority.

This Friday was a funeral Mass in honor of the couple in the Immaculate Conception Parish, and then his body was buried in the Cementerio General Loncoche.

The virus is sustaining and still able to carry a near 1% fatality rate (higher than normal flu.) It is summer and yet it is still fatal?

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to autumn.

Jackson Township NJ elementary school student dies from H1N1 virus

July 1, 2009
Jackson, NJ – Today, the Jackson Township School District announced on their website that a child from the Lucy N. Holman Elementary School has died from the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus. The age and grade of the child have not yet been released. The announcement was made earlier this morning on New Jersey 101.5 radio.

Three weeks ago, several students in Goetz Middle School, in the Jackson Township School District had been confirmed with the H1N1 virus which prompted the district to send a letter home to all parents stating the outbreak at the middle school was under control and warned parents of the syptoms of the H1N1 virus and precaustionary measures to take to avoid the spread of the virus.

At the June 16th Jackson Township Boar of Education meeting, there was no mention of the virus within the district to the public in attendance. Just moments ago, Lucy N. Holman principal Theresa Lictra’s autmotated phone message was sent to all Holman parents. The message told parents to visit the Lucy N. Holman website, but did not say why. The website in reference (www.jacksonsd.org) had information posted concerning the death and counseling options for students and parents.

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The virus is sustaining and still able to carry a near 1% fatality rate (higher than normal flu.) It is summer and yet it is still fatal?

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to autumn.

I'm not looking forward to the Fall/Winter either; especially with all of these mutations occuring in places like Argentina

Second death in Virginia associated with H1N1

A second death in Virginia associated with the H1N1 virus, also known as Swine Flu, was announced Wednesday.

According to State Health Commissioner Karen Remley, the patient was an adult male from the Arlington Health District.

"We offer our condolences to the family for their loss," Dr. Remley said. "The patient's preexisting medical conditions, which increased his risk of complications from influenza, does not lessen the impact of his death."

Here is the full news release:

SECOND DEATH IN VIRGINIA ASSOCIATED WITH H1N1 VIRUS

(RICHMOND, Va.)- A second death in Virginia associated with the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus, also called swine flu, was announced today by State Health Commissioner Karen Remley, M.D., MBA.

The patient was an adult male from the Arlington Health District. Although the cause of death has not been confirmed, the H1N1 virus appears to have been a factor. The patient had an underlying medical condition that put him at greater risk of complications from flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 127 deaths in the nation caused by the new virus. There have been 332 deaths in laboratory-confirmed H1N1 cases worldwide.

"We offer our condolences to the family for their loss," Dr. Remley said. "The patient's preexisting medical conditions, which increased his risk of complications from influenza, does not lessen the impact of his death."

Unfortunately, since seasonal flu results in about 36,000 deaths nationwide and approximately 1,000 die in Virginia each year from influenza and pneumonia, deaths associated with the H1N1 virus are not unexpected, Dr. Remley added.

The Commissioner reminds all Virginians to be vigilant in guarding against the flu and its spread. Symptoms of influenza include fever, cough, sore throat, headache, body aches, chills or fatigue. People who experience these symptoms are asked to call their health care provider or local health department to discuss the possible need for treatment.

Some people are at higher risk for complications from the virus and are strongly encouraged to call their health care providers if they experience flulike symptoms. These include people with underlying chronic health conditions, pregnant women, the elderly and the very young.

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DAVIE, Fla. -- The first death from the H1N1 flu virus has occurred in Broward County after A 58-year-old man passes away.

From tweetdeck

Davie man, 58, becomes first swine flu death in Broward

DAVIE - A Davie man with a chronic heart problem has died of swine flu, becoming the first in Broward County and the third in Florida to succumb to the newly emerged H1N1 virus, medical officials said today.

Michael Waldfogel, 58, had gone to his doctor in mid-June complaining of typical flu symptoms and was sent home with flu medicine as is the normal procedure in such cases, said Dr. Joshua Perper, Broward's medical examiner.

Waldfogel was last seen on June 20 and was found dead in his home four days later, Perper said.

The medical examiner's office reviewed his death because of the unusual nature of the possible swine flu connection, and a state lab in Jacksonville confirmed Tuesday that the man had been infected, Perper said.

A woman who answered the phone at Waldfogel's home said the family would have no comment.
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Swine flu panic spreads in Argentina

People in Argentina are starting to panic about the spread of swine flu, with at least nine more people dying from the virus overnight.

Just three weeks ago, swine flu was something that Argentines thought Mexicans and perhaps Americans had to worry about.

Officially 44 have now died from the virus, but unofficially, the tally may be as high as 150, giving Argentina a death rate higher than any other country.

Surgical masks appeared on the streets of downtown Buenos Aires today, but business still appears to be continuing as normal.

The two-week extension of the usual winter school holidays has many concerned that the government is not telling them the whole truth.

www.abc.net.au...

[edit on 1-7-2009 by sonjah1]

Swine flu panic spreads in Argentina

People in Argentina are starting to panic about the spread of swine flu, with at least nine more people dying from the virus overnight.

Just three weeks ago, swine flu was something that Argentines thought Mexicans and perhaps Americans had to worry about.

Officially 44 have now died from the virus, but unofficially, the tally may be as high as 150, giving Argentina a death rate higher than any other country.

Surgical masks appeared on the streets of downtown Buenos Aires today, but business still appears to be continuing as normal.

The two-week extension of the usual winter school holidays has many concerned that the government is not telling them the whole truth.

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Last time I seen them guess with high numbers like that was Mexico then they cut the number in half a few days later then said its gone now and everybody is better.

Swine Flu: 3 More Deaths

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Health officials say three more people — including a young child — have died from swine flu in New Jersey.

The deaths confirmed Wednesday by the state Health and Senior Services Department bring the total in New Jersey to nine.

The latest victims were two men — a 54-year-old from Union County and a 45-year-old from Middlesex County — and a 6-year-old Ocean County boy. Officials said all three had underlying health conditions, but further details were not disclosed.

There are now 769 confirmed cases of swine flu in New Jersey, with cases reported in every county except Cape May.
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Two more Bostonians die of swine flu

The Boston Public Health Commission made the announcement today:

One Boston resident was a 52-year-old man who died at his home on June 26. Test results came back today indicating he was positive for H1N1 influenza. The second Boston resident was a 30-year-old man who was hospitalized on June 15 and died June 29. He is a probable case of H1N1 influenza; the confirmatory test for H1N1 is pending at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

That brings our swine-flu death toll to four. City and state health officials say swine-flu cases appear to be on the wane in Boston.
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Jackson child dies from swine flu, health officials report

JACKSON — A six-year-old township boy died of swine flu Saturday, county and state health officials announced today.

The boy's death is the first along the Jersey Shore. Throughout the state, eight other people have died from influenza caused by the H1N1 virus, according figures posted today on the state Department of Health and Senior Services Web site.
The boy was a first grade student at Lucy N. Holman Elementary School, school officials confirmed. Counselors will be available for parents and student from 9 to 11 a.m. tomorrow. The township child was admitted to the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune last Thursday.

Two Newburgh area women die from swine flu, officials confirm

GOSHEN — Two Newburgh-area women in their 30s have died after being hospitalized with swine flu, Orange County officials said Wednesday.

One victim was 32 and died June 22 at the Cornwall campus of St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital. County officials got confirmation Monday night that the woman had swine flu, and held off reporting that until Wednesday because they were trying to contact her family, said Dr. Jean Hudson, the county health commissioner.

The other victim was 37 and died Wednesday at the same hospital, Hudson said. The county had already gotten laboratory results on Friday indicating she had Novel H1N1, the technical name for swine flu.
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Hello once again Burntheships! Im not sure if this has been added or seen on this thread.. But thought its a good of time as any to share this..

I may be a bit behind the mark here.. As Ive been offline for close to a year.. So bear with me here if this is just old news.. But it sounds about right to me!

WARNING! Truth behide Swine flu! ~ Do NOT take Vaccines! ~

Flu cases rise to 28 at Wimbledon, but no evidence of swine flu

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – 6 hours ago

LONDON — Flu-like symptoms are continuing to spread among Wimbledon staff, but organizers said no personnel has been diagnosed with swine flu.

All England Club spokesman Johnny Perkins said Wednesday that 28 staffers have been asked to stay home because of flu symptoms - up from four on Monday. However, he said that's out of 6,000 staffers working at Wimbledon during the championships, meaning the number of cases was not abnormally high.

None of the 28 have been diagnosed with swine flu, he said.

"We'd keep you informed . . . if there was any escalation above the normal sort of what you'd expect, but it would appear there isn't," Perkins said.

Organizers sent out a statement Monday asking all visitors to use good hygiene at the tournament, and to stay home if they developed any symptoms of illness. However, Perkins said there had been no extra precautions put in place to curb the outbreak.

"It's the same that it's always been. The precautions are in place beforehand, following any sort of government guidelines over here or anywhere around the world," he said.

Sarah Hames, an All England Club spokeswoman, said three of the four ball boys and girls who first reported flu symptoms have now returned to work.

"Once they're free of symptoms for 24 hours they are allowed to come back to work," Hames said. "And they haven't just come back to sit and watch, they're back working. . . . Washing hands is pretty much the singularly most important thing, and we obviously push that when it comes to the ball boys and girls, and that's why it hasn't escalated."

British newspaper Daily Mail reported Wednesday that three doubles players at the tournament had caught swine flu, but Perkins said organizers wouldn't comment.

"We can't, because we wouldn't necessarily know," Perkins said. "It's confidential between them and their medical staf

A third of the population in Northern Ireland could be infected with swine flu in the autumn, the health minister has predictednews.bbc.co.uk...

More than two thousand new A/H1N1 cases confirmed in Europe
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-01 05:31:38 Print

STOCKHOLM, June 30 (Xinhua) -- A European health agency said Tuesday that 2006 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.

Of the new cases, 1,687 were confirmed in Britain, 176 in Spain,49 in France, 29 in Germany, 23 in Cyprus, nine in Finland, five in Switzerland, four respectively in Slovakia, Portugal and Greece, three respectively in Austria, Denmark and Romania, two respectively in Ireland and Hungary, one respectively in Sweden, Poland and Belgium, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the EU (European Union) and EFTA (European Free Trade Association)countries rose to 8,179, with 717 cases in Spain and 5,937 in Britain, 288 in France and 417 in Germany, the ECDC said.

The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about A/H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries

BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Another 44 new confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu were reported on the Chinese mainland in the 24 hours ending 6 p.m. Tuesday, with the total number amounted to 810 and no fatalities reported.

Eight new cases were found in southern Guangdong Province, seven in Beijing and six in Zhejiang Province, according to a news bulletin posted on the Web site of the Health Ministry on Tuesday.

Shanghai and the provinces of Fujian and Jiangsu each reported five, Liaoning, Yunnan and Hubei provinces each had two, and Henan and Hainan provinces each found one, it said.

Among the patients, 496 have been discharged from hospitals, 313 were being treated in hospitals and one were receiving medical care at their homes, according to the ministry

HANGZHOU, July 1 (Xinhua) -- An A/H1N1 flu patient died "accidentally" Wednesday in east China's Zhejiang Province, local health authorities said late Wednesday.

The 34-year-old woman was found dead at 7:35 a.m. in her ward lavatory at the No.1 People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District in Hangzhou, the provincial capital, according to the Hangzhou municipal health bureau.

The patient was recovering as her temperature had been normal for a week. She coughed occasionally, but other flu symptoms had disappeared.

She was admitted to the hospital on June 23.

Local police and health authorities are investigating.

This would be China's first death from the A/H1N1 flu if the investigation showed the woman died from the disease.

Liang Wannian, vice director of the emergency office under the Health Ministry, warned Monday that China is "very likely" to have its first death from the A/H1N1 influenza in the foreseeable future, as the number of the flu cases rises in the country.

As the total number of infected people increases, the chances of medical workers and high-risk groups, such as pregnant women and people with chronic diseases, being infected will rise, making serious cases of the A/H1N1 flu or even fatalities "extremely possible," Liang told reporters.

"The possibility of a wide spread of the virus in China in autumn and winter is also becoming more likely," he also warned.

The Chinese mainland confirmed 57 new cases of A/H1N1 influenza from 6 p.m. Tuesday to 6 p.m. Wednesday, with the total number amounting to 867, the Ministry of Health said.

Beijing confirmed 21 new cases, including seven students in a primary school, and the southern Guangdong Province registered 20.

Among the patients, 523 have been discharged from hospitals, 341 were being treated in hospitals and three patients were receiving medical care at their homes, the ministry said

NICOSIA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Republic of Cyprus has detected 10 more cases of Influenza A/H1N1 in the past 24 hours, which brings the total number of confirmed cases in the government-controlled Greek Cypriot south to 58.

Meanwhile, health authorities in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north have confirmed six cases of the flu.

Cyprus' Health Minister Christos Patsalides maintained that there was no need for panic and called for caution.

"My message is, despite the increasing number of flu cases and the increasing burden on the island's health services, there is no need for unnecessary worry," he said after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

The minister asked those with flu symptoms to see a doctor at once to ensure a prompt diagnosis as well as proper protection measures.

RAMALLAH, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Health Ministry on Wednesday announced that 37 A/H1N1 cases were recorded in the Palestinian territories, all of them in the West Bank.

In the latest spread of the flu, six cases emerged in the city of Ramallah resulting from infection and a seventh case was found in Nablus city, involving a man who returned recently from the United States, the ministry said in a statement.

There has been no fatalities in the Palestinian territories of the epidemic.

In the Gaza Strip, where Israel has imposed a tight blockade on the movement of individuals and goods, Hamas authorities confirmed that the coastal enclave is clean from the A/H1N1 virus.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the disease has infected more than 70,000 worldwide and killed 31