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  • #16
    Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

    2 flu-related deaths in Beaumont linked to H1N1
    By Brooke Crum
    Published 10:02 am, Monday, December 23, 2013

    The number of cases of influenza-like illness reported to the Beaumont Health Department has increased in the past two weeks, including two that resulted in death from complications.

    Across the state, flu is on the rise, especially the 2009 strain of the H1N1 virus, previously known as swine flu.

    The two people who died from flu complications in Beaumont had H1N1, which was confirmed by the state, said Sherry Ulmer, Beaumont Public Health Director.
    ...
    The two people in Beaumont who died had "underlying health conditions," which put them at risk for developing flu complications such as bacterial pneumonia, ear infections and dehydration, Ulmer said.
    ...
    Twitter: @RonanKelly13
    The views expressed are mine alone and do not represent the views of my employer or any other person or organization.

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    • #17
      Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

      Family mourns passing of man who died from H1N1


      HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Harris County family having a tough holiday after their loved one passed away from the flu. Now they hope no other family has to go through the same pain.

      The family of Jose Vasques Trigueros remembers him as a caring father and grandfather.

      "He'll come visit his grandchildren and bring them candy and just be very lovable. He was a very good person," his daughter-in-law Himelda Salinas said.

      The 50-year-old plumber started feeling ill early last week while on a job with his two sons.

      "He said that he was kind of feeling bad," Salinas said.

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      • #18
        Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

        Travis County confirms H1N1 death

        Posted: Dec 23, 2013 11:06 PM EST
        Updated: Dec 23, 2013 11:06 PM EST


        The Travis County Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed an H1N1 death.

        A spokesperson told FOX 7 a 30-year-old woman died after battling the virus in an Austin hospital for nearly two weeks.
        ...
        It is unclear if this is the same H1N1 death reported by Austin-Travis County Health and Human Services last week. (see post#7 above - Ro)

        Read more: http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/242...#ixzz2oOK8CXFU
        Twitter: @RonanKelly13
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        • #19
          Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

          HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Flu Responsible For Three Deaths In Beaumont
          BEAUMONT-By: Leslie Rangel

          The flu is responsible for a third death in the city, according to the Beaumont Health Director.

          Sherry Ulmer says all three cases are adults.

          The first two are linked to H1N1.

          The department is waiting to learn which strain is responsible for the most recent death.

          According to the health director, the first two victims had underlying medical conditions.
          ...
          Twitter: @RonanKelly13
          The views expressed are mine alone and do not represent the views of my employer or any other person or organization.

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          • #20
            TX: Died 12-17-13 from H1N1 flu; M, 37 yrs.

            Source: http://www.news-journal.com/opinion/...dbfcf2061.html

            Editorial: Mother wants son?s death to prompt all to get flu shot
            Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 4:00 am | Updated: 10:23 am, Tue Dec 24, 2013.

            Longview News-Journal

            Jeri Chapman wants her son?s death to have meaning, and she is counting on all of us to help her accomplish that.

            You see, her son, Jeremy Chapman, 37, died a week ago at Good Shepherd Medical Center from the flu.

            Chapman was one of at least two people who have died in Longview after being infected with a strain of H1N1, or so-called swine flu. At least three more have died in the Houston area, and health officials say more deaths in Longview and statewide may have been flu related...


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            Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/new...&pid=168632339

            Obituary

            GLADEWATER ? Memorial services for Jeremy Kent Chapman, 37, loving father and son, of Longview, Texas, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, December 21, 2013, at Fellowship Bible Church in Longview, with Pastor Jim Johnson officiating. ...he went home to be with his Father in Heaven Tuesday, December 17, 2013...

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            • #21
              Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

              Source: http://www.12newsnow.com/story/24310...ngs-total-to-5


              2 confirmed dead from flu; Beaumont officials awaiting tests from 3 more deceased

              12 News has learned the Beaumont Health Department is awaiting lab results from three people who recently died in a local hospital to confirm if they died from a strain of H1N1...

              ...Ulmer says all five people have died since December 13, and all five have died at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. Ulmer says that doesn't mean there have not been additional deaths in other hospitals, but that the other hospitals may not yet have reported them because of the holidays.

              She says the first three were residents from Jasper County, Bexar County and Hardin County...

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              • #22
                Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

                Source: http://www.chron.com/news/health/art...php?cmpid=hpbn

                City confirms season's first pediatric flu death
                By Mike Glenn | December 26, 2013 | Updated: December 26, 2013 5:09pm


                The Houston Health Department on Thursday confirmed the first pediatric flu death in the Houston area this season.

                Kathy Barton, a spokeswoman for the department, would identify the victim only as a teenager. She said the victim is believed to have been infected with H1N1, the most predominant flu strain this season...

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                • #23
                  Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

                  Source: http://www.khou.com/news/health/Hous...237344551.html


                  Houston teenager killed by H1N1; death toll rises to 13
                  by KHOU.com staff
                  khou.com
                  Posted on December 26, 2013 at 4:23 PM
                  Updated today at 5:44 PM

                  HOUSTON ? A teenager from the Houston area died from H1N1, according to the City of Houston Health Department.

                  As of Thursday, there were 13 confirmed deaths from the H1N1 Flu in the greater Houston area. Katy Barton with the City of Houston Health Department confirmed the death on Thursday...

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                  • #24
                    Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

                    Originally posted by Shiloh View Post
                    Source: http://www.12newsnow.com/story/24310...ngs-total-to-5


                    2 confirmed dead from flu; Beaumont officials awaiting tests from 3 more deceased

                    12 News has learned the Beaumont Health Department is awaiting lab results from three people who recently died in a local hospital to confirm if they died from a strain of H1N1...

                    ...Ulmer says all five people have died since December 13, and all five have died at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. Ulmer says that doesn't mean there have not been additional deaths in other hospitals, but that the other hospitals may not yet have reported them because of the holidays.

                    She says the first three were residents from Jasper County, Bexar County and Hardin County...
                    Texas HA 225 Receptor Binding Variance Potential

                    An examination of the potential for Receptor Binding Site (RBS) Polymorphisms in the Texas High-CFR cases, including detailed near-term and mid-term genetic probabilities and projections

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                    • #25
                      Re: Texas: Media report -13 deaths in the Greater Houston area linked to H1N1

                      Five dead from H1N1 in Beaumont



                      The Beaumont Public Health Department is urging everyone to get a flu shot, which protects against H1N1, or swine flu. So far, 13 people have died from swine flu in the greater Houston area. Five of those people died in Beaumont. A Beaumont mother lost her son a few weeks ago to a sudden, flu-like illness. They both thought he had a cold until his symptoms quickly escalated. She took him to the emergency room when he said he couldn't breathe. Keith Eddingston died at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital on December 13. His mother warns people experiencing flu-like or cold symptoms to go to the doctor and get a chest x-ray.

                      Read More at: http://www.fox4beaumont.com/communit...mont-172.shtml

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                      • #26
                        Re: Texas: Media report -13 deaths in the Greater Houston area linked to H1N1

                        pH1N1 Child Vaccine Escape
                        CDC Early 2013


                        <div style="text-align: center;">
                        <hr style="width: 30%;" />41 Cases over 43 Sequences<hr style="width: 30%;" /></div>
                        Introduction

                        In the 30 days covering 2013-02-28 to 2013-03-29, the&nbsp;<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>United States CDC</b></span>&nbsp;released a total of 43&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1</span></b>&nbsp;sequences at&nbsp;<strong>GISAID&nbsp;</strong>on 41 human cases<strong>&nbsp;</strong>sampled from October 2012 to February 2013. Geographic surveillance includes&nbsp;<b>America,</b>&nbsp;<b>Africa, Asia </b>and<b> Russia.&nbsp;</b>Although&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1</span></b>&nbsp;in most locales during the&nbsp;2012-2013 season was the <b><span style="color: #783f04;">minority</span></b> serotype, the sequences in this Analytic Report describe a high level of human-infective diversity and an ease of avian genetic acquisition, including multiple instances demonstrating concentrated transport of <b><span style="color: #660000;">High-CFR</span></b>&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #783f04;">Upsilon</span></b> polymorphisms onto single sequences.

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                        • #27
                          Re: Texas: Media report -13 deaths in the Greater Houston area linked to H1N1

                          pH1N1 Drug Resistant Low Reactor
                          CDC Fall 2013


                          <div style="text-align: center;">
                          <hr style="width: 30%;" />46 Cases over 49 Sequences<hr style="width: 30%;" /></div>
                          Introduction

                          In the 32 days covering 2013-10-17 to 2013-11-19, the&nbsp;<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>United States CDC</b></span>&nbsp;released a total of 49&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1</span></b>&nbsp;sequences at&nbsp;<strong>GISAID&nbsp;</strong>on 46 human cases<strong>&nbsp;</strong>sampled from February 2013 to October 2013. Geographic surveillance includes&nbsp;<b>America,</b>&nbsp;<b>Africa, Asia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay&nbsp;</b>and<b>&nbsp;Peru.&nbsp;</b>

                          The sequences in this Analytic Report describe a high level of genetic activity at the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hemagglutinin</span></b> <b><span style="color: #660000;">antigenic area</span></b> between <b><span style="color: blue;">aa155</span></b> and <b><span style="color: blue;">aa158</span></b> with <b>5</b> amino variations and <b>4</b> silent revisions. &nbsp; <b><span style="color: #274e13;">HA</span></b> <b><span style="color: blue;">225G</span></b> is present in <b><span style="color: #660000;">quasi-species</span></b> on <b>2</b>&nbsp;American samples and as dominant form in <b>2</b> tropical countries. The <b>Dominican Republic</b> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">HA</span></b> <b><span style="color: blue;">225G</span></b>&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #660000;">Low Reactor</span></b> appears on a <b><span style="color: #7f6000;">TamiFlu Resistant</span></b> strain. &nbsp;<b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Drug Resistance</span></b> is also found in <b>2</b> US sequences and <b>1</b> South American case.
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                          • #28
                            An alarming flu map shows just how large Houston's problem is

                            Source: http://houston.culturemap.com/news/c...ns-problem-is/

                            Influenza Zip Codes
                            Break out the face masks? An alarming flu map shows just how large Houston's problem is
                            By Whitney Radley
                            1.17.13 | 10:55 am

                            It seems that nearly everyone has come down with the flu this season, an overstatement not so far from the truth considering the epidemic's early start and widespread reach on a local, state and national level.

                            Haven't had the misfortune of contracting it yet? Take note of the most recent report released by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services, where you'll find influenza activity according to ZIP code ? and then stay far, far away from those ZIP codes hardest hit. ..

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                            • #29
                              Re: An alarming flu map shows just how large Houston's problem is

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