Buffalo boy with H1N1 virus has died

[Chuck]

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Buffalo boy with H1N1 virus has died
Taken off life support after 6 p.m.
Saturday

Updated: Saturday, 20 Jun 2009, 6:53 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 20 Jun 2009, 6:51 PM EDT

* Rob Macko
* Posted by: Emily Lenihan

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - News 4 has learned that a 15-year-old Buffalo boy with the H1N1 flu virus has died.

The grandmother of Matthew Davis says he was taken off life support at Women and Children?s Hospital just after 6:00 p.m. Saturday.

Davis was an eighth grader at Harvey Austin School 97 on Sycamore Street.

News 4 talked to the 15-year-old's mother Lucretia Belton. Matthew attended Harvey Austin School 97.

His mother said complications from swine flu included pneumonia and MRSA.

She said his kidneys were failing, and he was being kept alive by machines.

A nine-year-old girl is also at Women and Children's Hospital with the H1N1 virus.

She's a fourth grader at Charles Drew Science Magnet School 59's museum campus.

Her mother tells me she's on life support in critical condition, but making progress.

Their schools were not closed.

School leaders stress parents should keep kids with flu-like symptoms home.

Last night, Lucretia Belton made this appeal to parents.

"This is no joke, this is really, really, really serious. Please get your kids, any kind of sign, get them there, don't wait until we get this far like my baby," said Belton.

Copyright WIVB.com

[HenryN]

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Buffalo boy with H1N1 virus has died
Their schools were not closed.

Although the schools are not closed, the schools are CLOSE.

[HenryN]

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Another student in the Buffalo Public School District is in critical condition with swine flu.


Another student in the Buffalo Public School District is in critical condition with swine flu.
Five new cases of H1N1 or swine flu, have also been diagnosed in Niagara County.
Buffalo Teachers' Federation President Phil Rumore says the Buffalo student who is critical attends the Harvey Austin School, which is also known as School 97.
On Thursday, a letter informing parents of another case of swine flu at a Buffalo Public School was sent home with students. The sick child attends Dr. Charles Drew Science Magnet School #59, next to the Science Museum. According to the Teachers Union President, the child is in critical condition.
Buffalo Teachers' Federation President Phil Rumore tells us at least one teacher notified the BTF of the student's illness.
School district officials cannot comment on the case due to health privacy laws.
According to the Erie County Health Commissioner, "this is a not a school disease this is a community disease, the virus is not contained in the walls of the school it's contained in the bodies of people."
The Niagara County Health Department is also confirming five new cases of H1N1 influenza, also known as Swine Flu, in school-aged children and one possible case in a pre-school aged child.
According to the health department, all six cases are in children ranging in age from three to 14 years old.
The health department says three children from Barker have fully recovered and returned to school. The three other children are from Niagara Falls and are not in school.
Despite these cases, the health department says it has not seen an increase in absenteeism reported by school districts.
The New York State Health Department announced new guidelines this week that discourage testing and treatment of mild, isolated flu-like-illnesses except in people with underlying medical issues.
The Niagara County Health Department says production of a new H1N1 vaccine is scheduled to begin next month, and it may be available by October.
For more information on swine flu, click on the Erie County Health Department website.

Phil Rumore / Pres. BTF

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H1N1 in Erie County, NY

http://www.erie.gov/health/h1n1/map.pdf

[HenryN]

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37 zip codes in Erie County with 1 or more lab confirmed H1N1 case
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[AlaskaDenise]

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First Confirmed Swine Flu Death in Erie County

A spokesman for the Erie County Health Department has confirmed the county's first death associated with swine flu.

Kevin Montgomery could not provide any identifying information about the deceased, but other sources have indicated that the victim was one of two Buffalo Public Schools students who had been hospitalized in critical condition for the past several days.

Buffalo Teachers' Federation President Phil Rumore says the student was an eighth grader at Harvey Austin School #97. Rumore said it's his understanding that the child's health was further compromised by an underlying MRSA infection.

Rumore says the student had been on life support until earlier Saturday evening.

Buffalo Public School District Superintendent Dr. James Williams did not confirm which school the student attended. But Williams did issue a statement saying, in part: "...our deepest sympathy is extended to the family of our beloved student... We have assigned grief counselors to Harvey Austin Public School #97 on Monday morning to provide the necessary support for students and staff."

A Buffalo schools spokesman says Harvey Austin School will be open this week. Only a small number of students are required to report to school to take final exams.

The other student - who attends the Charles R. Drew Science Magnet School #59 Museum Campus, remains hospitalized.

The Erie County Health Department maintains a swine flu information page on its website - including answers to frequently asked questions and information about confirmed cases within the county - which you can see by clicking here.

http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=67886&provider=gnews

[HenryN]

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The two schools are 2.3 miles apart.

[HenryN]

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Buffalo boy dies of Swine Flu
News 10 NBC has learned from our Buffalo affiliate that a boy hospitalized for the Swine Flu has died.
The 15-year-old was a student at Harvey Austin School 97.
One other girl is hospitalized and is in critical condition tonight.

Right now, health officials are working on a new H1-N1 vaccine, and they hope to have it available in the fall.

Just this week, Monroe County health officials issued an alert saying the Swine Flu outbreak spread and is now an epidemic.

People who have the symptoms are asked to stay home for a week.

For more Rochester, N.Y. news go to our website www.whec.com.

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S988495.shtml?cat=565

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Source: http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/709905.html


06/21/09 07:05 AM
Buffalo student, 15, dies of swine flu
Boy?s death is first in county tied to virus
By Aaron Besecker and Dan Herbeck NEWS STAFF REPORTERS


An eighth-grader at Buffalo?s Harvey Austin School 97 stricken with swine flu and other ailments died Saturday in Women & Children?s Hospital, the first death in Erie County related to the H1N1 virus.

Matthew Davis, 15, who was also suffering from pneumonia and MRSA, was taken off life support about 6 p. m., according to WIVB-TV, Channel 4.

The boy?s mother, Lucretia A. Benton, told WIVB her son had also been facing signs of renal failure.

Davis had been in critical condition earlier in the day, said Philip Rumore, president of the Buffalo Teachers Federation.

Erie County Health Department spokesman Kevin Montgomery said Saturday night that although the agency could not discuss specific cases, the county has had its first death ?due to confirmed swine flu-related illness.?

Buffalo School Superintendent James A. Williams issued the following statement on Saturday night:

?On behalf of the Buffalo Public School District and the Buffalo Board of Education, our deepest sympathy is extended to the family of our beloved student,? Williams? statement read. ?We ask the Buffalo community to remember the student, family, friends, and loved ones in their thoughts and prayers.?

Williams said grief counselors would be assigned to School 97 on Monday morning.

Rumore also expressed condolences on behalf of his organization.

?Our hearts are broken and go out to the family of the student,? Rumore said. ?Let us all be resolved that we are going to do everything that?s humanly possible to make sure that no other child goes through what this child and his family have gone through.?

Davis was not the only Buffalo Public Schools student battling the H1N1 flu virus. A 9-year-old student at Charles Drew Science Magnet School 59 is also in critical condition in Women & Children?s with swine flu, Rumore said.

Rumore also had a message for parents in the district.

?Please, if your child is ill, don?t send him to school,? Rumore said, ?and if they have a high fever for more than a day, please bring them to the doctor?s, bring them to the hospitals.?

Earlier in the day, Rumore accused school district officials of not doing enough to alert parents and district employees to the seriousness of the situation.

?I understand there are privacy regulations, and no one has asked the district to release the names of these students. That?s not what we?re looking for. We pray for these kids,? Rumore said.

?But there are safety issues here for students, parents and employees. People need to be more aware of how serious this is, and the importance of keeping their kids home if they are ill.?

Rumore also noted that 80 percent of the district?s students come to school by bus, an issue that needs to be addressed because a problem could arise if only one of the bus riders comes to school sick.

?We?ve got to think of something to do with the school buses,? he said.

Teachers and parents at the two schools were notified by the district several days ago that the two students had swine flu, Rumore said, but in his view, the district has not made people aware of the seriousness of the situation.

Those allegations were denied by a school district spokesman and drew a sharp rebuke from a top district official.

?I caution anyone insisting that teachers are entitled to the private medical information of students beyond what is present in their student records released by parents or included in our notifications. They are not, and that is how it should be,? said Will Keresztes, associate superintendent.

?The district does not discuss the status of children confined to hospital beds. Suggesting that we should is irresponsible,? he added.

The district over the past two months has sent at least four letters to parents of all children in the district about the dangers of swine flu, according to Stefan Mychajliw, the district?s spokesman.

And parents and staffers in schools where students have been stricken have been alerted by telephone and e-mail, said Mychajliw, who sent copies of some of the communications to The Buffalo News.

?I?m blown away that anyone could make the accusation that we have not done enough to notify people,? Mychajliw said. ?We?ve done it again and again, and our biggest message has been telling parents, ?Don?t send a sick child to school.? ?

Keresztes said the district has ?an effective protocol implemented by our nursing staff, plant employees and building principals based on state and county guidelines.?

A hospital spokesman, John Moscato, cited the same privacy laws as the district, saying he could not release any information unless he gets permission from the parents of the two children.

School officials temporarily shut down the Riverside Institute of Technology after an outbreak of swine flu cases ? officially known as the H1N1 flu virus ? earlier this month.

As of June 18, there have been more than 17,800 laboratory-confirmed cases in the United States, with 1,600 patients hospitalized and 44 deaths, according to Dr. Daniel Jernigan, an epidemiologist in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s influenza division.

Worldwide, there have been nearly 40,000 confirmed cases in 88 countries, with 167 deaths.

abesecker@buffnews.com and dherbeck@buffnews.com

[HenryN]

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Source: http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/709905.html



As of June 18, there have been more than 17,800 laboratory-confirmed cases in the United States, with 1,600 patients hospitalized and 44 deaths, according to Dr. Daniel Jernigan, an epidemiologist in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s influenza division.


abesecker@buffnews.com and dherbeck@buffnews.com

As of June 18 there were over ONE HUNDRED CONFIRMED pandemic H1N1 deaths in the United States, as described at state board of health websites and media reports.

[HenryN]

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Updated map

http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/flu/gmap0906211033.html?lat=42.17968819665963&lon=-78.9093017578125&zoom=8

The two schools are 2.3 miles apart and in the heart of Buffalo (where the markers are piled up).

[HenryN]

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Updated map

http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/flu/gmap0906211033.html?lat=42.17968819665963&lon=-78.9093017578125&zoom=8

The two schools are 2.3 miles apart and in the heart of Buffalo (where the markers are piled up).

When I map quested the addresses (instead of the school names) I got 1.2 miles apart (which is what is on the above map). The school of the 9F is just to the west of the school of the 15M fatal case (marked in red on map).

[HenryN]

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Confirmed H1N1 Death in Erie County

06/21/2009 11:20 AM

By: Amy Passalugo



A Buffalo middle school student is Erie County's first confirmed death related to the H1N1 virus.

Family members of 15-year old Matthew Davis say he was taken off life support Saturday night. Davis was an 8th grader at Harvey Austin School #97 in Buffalo. Davis's mother said he died from complications from the H1N1 virus including pneumonia and MRSA.

The Buffalo City School District says a 4th grader at Charles Drew Science Magnet School #59 is also in the hospital with the H1N1 virus.

The student's mother said the girl is on life support and is in critical condition, but says she is making progress.

http://www.rnews.com/content/top_stories/475335/confirmed-h1n1-death-in-erie-county/?RegionCookie=2004

[HenryN]

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Story Updated: Jun 21, 2009

Health Officials are confirming the first death in Erie County related to swine flu. The Erie County Health Department is not releasing any more information on this particular death at this point.

But two Buffalo public school students were hospitalized this week at Women and Children's Hospital due to the swine flu. Tonight the school district posted this statement on their website offering condolences: "We ask the Buffalo community to remember the student, family, friends, and loved ones in their thoughts and prayers. We have assigned grief counselors to Harvey Austin Public School #97 on Monday morning to provide the necessary support for students and staff."

The other Buffalo student that was hospitalized because of swine flu is from Charles Drew Science Magnet School #59. There is no word on that student's condition.

Niagara County health officials have also identified new clusters of H1N1 in school-aged children.

http://www.wkbw.com/healthy/48693607.html

Above site also has a video report.

[HenryN]

Re: Buffalo boy with H1N1 virus has died

More on new clusters

http://www.niagaracounty.com/Health/docs/061909pr.pdf