TEXAS CONFIRMS FIRST FLU DEATH OF US RESIDENT

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                                       Texas confirms first flu death of US resident
           





Christopher Sherman,
Associated Press Writer
– 52 mins ago
April 5, 2009
McALLEN,
Texas

– Texas health officials have confirmed the first death of a United States resident with swine flu.

Few details were immediately released.

But health officials say the patient who died earlier this week was a woman in her 30s who lived
in Cameron County, along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Carrie Williams, spokeswoman with the Texas Department of State Health Services, said Tuesday the woman had other, chronic health problems, but didn't offer specifics.

Last week, a boy from Mexico City died at a Houston hospital, marking the first swine flu death in the United States.