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Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...n5305509.shtml

Originally Posted by www.cbsnews.com

A Cornell University student, among 520 diagnosed with influenza-type illness in the past three weeks, died Friday of complications related to swine flu, university officials said.

President David Skorton released a statement Friday evening saying Warren J. Schor, a 20-year-old economics and management major from Clinton Corners, N.Y., died at a hospital.

Cornell spokesman Thomas Bruce said privacy regulations prevented discussion of whether there were any other health issues that contributed to Schor's death.

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Sebring, Florida

http://www.newssun.com/0916-tc-h1n1-swine-highlands

Not sure if this is swine, but suspect it is...

Originally Posted by www.newssun.com

"(He) died this morning but there is no conformation if it was due to H1N1 swine flu," Thomas Moran, planning consultant for the Highlands County Health Department said Friday. "From what we understand he did have a fever and flu-like symptoms."

"We learned that a parent was transporting his son to the hospital with severe stomach cramps and flu-like (symptoms,)" Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton said in the press release. "While en route to Florida Hospital the parent observed that the child was not breathing and pulled into the parking lot and dialed 911 while attempting to give CPR."

Emergency Medical Services personnel attempted to resuscitate Hamilton while on the way to Highlands Regional Medical Center. They performed CPR for nearly an hour before he was pronounced dead at 5:36 a.m. at the hospital.

The health department said Hamilton had no reported pre-existing conditions or chronic illnesses other than flu-like symptoms and a high fever the past few days, but would not speculate on the cause of death at this point.

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Garland, Texas

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...17d0dac6b.html

Unlike seasonal flu, swine flu has a greater ability to deeply invade the lung. We do not know why this occurs in some people but not in others. Co-infections are common when the lungs are damaged from an H1N1 infection, leaving the patient very immuno-compromised. This child had no previous health problems.

Originally Posted by www.dallasnews.com

An 11-year-old Garland girl who was otherwise healthy caught swine flu and died this weekend, making her the first person without an underlying medical condition to die of the disease in Dallas County.

Cynthia Garcia, a sixth-grader at Price Elementary in the Mesquite school district, went home sick from school Thursday and died Sunday. Health officials said they didn't know the source of the illness or how long the girl had symptoms.

Many of those who die of flu typically have complicating medical issues, including the two other Dallas County residents who died of swine flu this year. Cynthia did have pneumonia and a bacterial infection, but those symptoms developed after she got the flu.

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Update on Post #11 - Sebring, Florida

http://www.newssun.com/news/0918-tc-...n1-flu-sebring

Originally Posted by www.newssun.com

Test results have shown that the cause of death for Marquis Hamilton, the Sebring High School freshman who died last Friday, was complications from H1N1 swine flu.

The 14-year-old didn't have any underlying health conditions that contributed to his death, which came just days before the US Food and Drug Administration approved an H1N1 vaccine.

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San Antonio, Texas

http://www.woai.com/content/news/H1N...0XKO03b6A.cspx

Originally Posted by www.woai.com

A San Antonio mother says doctors told her the swine flu was a contributing factor in her teenage son's death.

Her son, 14-year-old Alfie Watson, passed away last weekend at Methodist Children's Hospital.

So far, doctors at the Methodist Children's Hospital have not confirmed Alfie had swine flu. But his mother said doctors told her H1N1 did contribute to his death.

Alfie was sent home from school last Friday with a sore throat. Demeshia thought her son was getting better, but he only got worse. When the Zachary Middle School student arrived at the hospital, his mom said he had pneumonia.

Alfie Watson hung on for a few hours after being put on a ventilator, but his body was not strong enough to overcome his illnesses. His mom says doctors told her Alfie had swine flu and pneumonia. His body went into shock and his organs shut down.

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Sumter, South Carolina

http://www.thestate.com/local/story/963588.html

Originally Posted by www.thestate.com

The Sumter County coroner confirmed Tuesday that a Laurence Manning Academy fifth-grader died last week of complications from swine flu.
The official cause of death for Ashlie Pipkin, 11, is pneumonia, according to Harvey Bullock. The H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as swine flu, was the underlying factor that brought on the pneumonia, and Ashlie also had bronchitis, the coroner said.
The autopsy results fit the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for a swine flu-related death. Ashlie’s death is at least the third of a child in the past month from the novel flu virus that began showing up in the state in April and reached widespread status in August.

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Summitt County, Colorado

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/200...909239970/1062

Originally Posted by www.vaildaily.com

The death of a 13-year-old Breckenridge boy Wednesday may have been connected with swine flu infection. Bryan Pineda, 13, was found unconscious at his home Wednesday and later died at Breckenridge Medical Center.

On Friday he tested positive for Type A flu, and “currently 99 percent of positive Type A flu tests are thought to be 2009 H1N1 (swine) influenza,” according to a joint statement from Summit County Public Health and Coroner Joanne Richardson.

An autopsy is to be performed Thursday, though immediate results are unlikely to suggest cause of death.

Summit High School principal Drew Adkins said 105 students missed school Tuesday due to illness, with 46 reporting flu symptoms. That's nearly 13 percent of the student body.

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Caldwell County, Kentucky

http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...swine+flu+case

Originally Posted by www.courier-journal.com

Less than a week after state health officials declared that flu in Kentucky is “widespread,” officials say a seventh-grade girl’s death in Western Kentucky may be related to H1N1.

Caldwell County public schools Superintendent Carrell Boyd said Thursday that he is working with health officials, who confirmed they are investigating a possible H1N1 death in that area, which would be Kentucky’s second.

“At this time, we do not have any confirmation as to the cause of the death,” Boyd said of the student, who attended Caldwell County Middle School and died Wednesday. “This is a tragic situation involving one of our students. First and foremost, our thoughts are with the friends and relatives of this young lady.”

News of the death came on the same day that Oldham County announced it will close Liberty Elementary School on Friday and Monday because about 40 percent of its students have been absent with flu-like symptoms.

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Kansas

http://www.kdheks.gov/news/web_archi...9/09242009.htm

Originally Posted by www.kdheks.gov

Two deaths in Kansas of people infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus have been confirmed by state and local public health officials.

One death occurred in a 16-year old child from northeast Kansas. The child was hospitalized and had underlying health conditions. The child’s death was reported to KDHE on September 22. Laboratory testing confirmed the child had the H1N1 virus yesterday evening.

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Waycross, Georgia

http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia...ycross_teacher

Originally Posted by jacksonville.com

The 41-year-old Ware County teacher died suddenly Sept. 18 at her Waycross home after suffering flu-like symptoms for about a week, but the cause of her death remains unknown despite an autopsy this week.

Ms. Thornton had suffered from fever, nausea and chest congestion, friends said, but it is unknown whether the flu was to blame.

Last Friday, an uncle of Ms. Thornton called 911 when she didn't respond after he went to her home to check on her. She was dead at the scene, authorities said.

It likely will be several weeks before the results of the autopsy's toxicology tests are known. Public health officials said they also won't know whether Ms. Thornton's death is related to the flu until those results are available.

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