Deaths of Students, School Nurses and Teachers Once the Schools Re-opened

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Memphis, Tn

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/sep/03/nashville-boys-swine-flu-death-puts-parents-alert/

The death of a 5-year-old Nashville boy who had the H1N1 virus has put parents on alert to look for the slightest signs that their child might be sick.

Max Gomez, who was a student at Henry Maxwell Elementary School in Antioch, became ill Friday and was admitted to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Monday. He died the same day. The state testing lab confirmed Wednesday that the boy had the H1N1 virus.

An initial autopsy did not indicate other health problems, though results will not be final for another 60 days.

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Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

http://www.patriotledger.com/homepage/breaking/x1692321886/College-student-from-Hingham-dies-of-swine-flu

Matt Healey, who graduated this year from Thayer Academy, died Saturday. Academy Headmaster Ted Koskores said Healey became ill shortly after arriving at the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

A grief counselor will be available at the school at 5 p.m. Monday for alumni and at 6:30 for parents of alumni and current students. The programs will be held in the Center for the Arts.

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Ft. Worth, Texas

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092909dnmetfortworth.1c5325484.html

Chloe Lindsey, 14, died at Cook Children’s Medical Center on Sunday night, four days after showing signs of illness, her mother told WFAA-TV (Channel 8).

Tammy Osborne said her daughter had no underlying health condition when she first exhibited low-grade fever on Wednesday. She stayed home from Leonard Middle School on Thursday and went to the doctor on Friday.

Osborne said she took her daughter to the hospital at 5 a.m. Sunday, and she died about 8 p.m. Doctors said the child suffered from influenza and viral pneumonia.

“I want everybody to know how fast this happened,” the grieving mother told WFAA. “I tried to do everything the doctor said.”

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Knox County, Tennessee

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=100425&catid=2

Monday afternoon, doctors placed the special needs student at Bearden Middle School on a breathing machine. She has Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, uses a wheelchair, and has a week immune system. Liberty describes her daughter as "severely delayed".

A nurse fed Vazquez through a feeding tube at the school twice a day. Her mother believes that nurse passed along the virus to Latecia.

Nearly two weeks ago, that school nurse died. The cause of her death has not been released to the public.

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Corpus Christi, Texas

http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11227255

A 12-year-old Flour Bluff girl lapsed into a coma and died Tuesday from the H1N1 virus (swine flu).

School officials are not telling KRIS 6 News the girl's name, but said she was in the sixth grade at Flour Bluff Intermediate School.

On Friday, she didn't go to school, and by Saturday, the 12-year-old girl went to Driscoll Children's Hospital. Doctors said the swine flu virus caused brain swelling, which in turn left the little girl brain dead. She passed away Tuesday.

Health officials do not know how the girl got the virus, but they said she was healthy before.

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Tyler, Texas

http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11226490

Tuesday, we learned an East Texas child died at a Dallas hospital in the last 24 hours. He was a 9-year-old boy who went to Jack Elementary in Tyler.

Doctors are not confirming the boy had the H1N1 flu virus, but a doctor with the health district told us there is a 90% chance the child had H1N1. They did confirm it is a pediatric flu related death, and that the child had other underlying diseases.

"This particular child did have some other co-morbidities which means the child had some other illnesses and put the child in a higher risk category," explained Dr. Jonathan MacClements, a Smith County Health Authority. "We are aware children with asthma or chronic illnesses are at higher risks for getting H1N1 complications."

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Richardson, Texas

http://cbs11tv.com/local/dallas.county.h1n1.2.1215484.html

Another North Texas teenager has died of H1N1 flu, according to the Dallas County Health and Human Services department.

Tuesday morning at the weekly Dallas County Commissioners' meeting, health department officials said a 16-year-old Richardson girl died from the virus during the weekend.

Trinh was a student at Richardson Berkner High School, and had an unnamed pre-existing medical condition that put her at risk for the H1N1 flu virus, according to the health department. Prior to her death, she had been out of school since September 18. Her absence may have been related to the pre-existing conditio

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Dalton, Georgia

http://www.ajc.com/news/dalton-second-grader-dies-151690.html

A Dalton elementary school student has died from illness related to swine flu.

The Dalton Daily Citizen reported Thursday that Candy Chen, 7, died early Wednesday morning.

The girl was in the second grade at City Park Elementary School in the northwest Georgia town.

Jennifer Moorer, a spokeswoman for the North Georgia Health District, told the newspaper that this was the first swine flu, or H1N1 virus, death in Whitfield County. She said the child had no underlying medical conditions.

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Maricopa County, Arizona

http://www.kpho.com/news/21164911/detail.html

A Valley teenager with no underlying medical conditions died from H1N1 flu in early September, the Maricopa County Department of

The victim was from Maricopa County, said Jeanene Fowler of the county health department.

Because of privacy laws, not much is known about the teen, such as where he or she went to school.

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UPDATE on Post #20 - Baltimore, Maryland

http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-md.hs.flu01oct01,0,6464987.story

She was 14 years old.

Destinee Alicia Parker was an aspiring artist who loved animals, Lil Wayne and scary movies. She and her two sisters were known as the "Parker Posse" at Montebello Elementary/Middle School. And although she was healthy, she died of swine flu Tuesday night.

She became the state's first youth with no apparent underlying medical condition to succumb to the virus. The death comes a week before the state expects to begin vaccinating students and other people at high risk of contracting the H1N1 virus.

"She was a wonderful child, always smiling, always cracking jokes," said her stepmother, Deirdre Parker, who spoke yesterday as her husband, James Parker, sat next to her, hiding his tears behind sunglasses and at times holding his wife's hand for support.

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Huntington, West Virginia

http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/63458407.html#

Warning, the video is hard to watch. This child was healthy and his parents are in

shock about how quickly he died.

Family members tell WSAZ.com that the Cabell Midland High School student who died from Swine Flu is 14-year-old Patrick Wheeler.

The Cabell-Huntington Health Department says it is working closely with the Cabell County School System in regard to school closings. At this time, all schools remain open and on a regular schedule.

Counselors will be at Cabell Midland Monday to assist students and staff members coping with this sudden loss.

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Knoxville, Tennessee

http://www.thetimestribune.com/local/local_story_278094502.html

A young Whitley County High School student is in East Tennessee’s Children’s Hospital after being diagnosed with the H1N1 disease, also known as swine flu. The girl, freshman Cierra Jones, was said to be in critical condition by a representative of the hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit.

The report came as Whitley County became the first school district this year to cancel classes district-wide due to illness. Respecting the girl’s privacy rights, Superintendent Lonnie Anderson would not answer questions directly related to her health, such as how many days the girl had been ill while attending classes. He did say, however, that to his knowledge, no other student or staff member has reported such a severe case of H1N1.

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Hennepin County, Minnesota

http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/63530562.html

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How terrible for his parents...

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Minnesota_Child_Dies_H1N1_Flu_Oct_5_2009

A 6-year-old Corcoran, Minn. boy died from complications because of an infection with the H1N1 influenza virus, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner said Monday.

Nathanael David Schilling died on Sept. 24. He was pronounced dead in an ambulance outside his family's home.

The medical examiner said Nathanael died from an inflammation of the heart muscle, complicating the H1N1 infection. He had no underlying medical conditions.

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