2 students' deaths under investigation

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2 students' deaths under investigation

Associated Press - August 28, 2009 9:14 AM ET

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - State health officials are awaiting the results of autopsies on two students before declaring them the victims of swine flu.

Coroner Norma Stiglet says the death of a Hancock County Middle School student is under investigation.

Stiglet says the 13-year-old girl died Thursday. Stiglet didn't give the girl's name or release any other details.

In Warren County, an autopsy showed a 15-year-old Warren Central High School student did not die of bacterial meningitis.

County Coroner Doug Huskey says Wesley Husband died in a small waiting room detached from the main waiting area of a medical clinic.

He says the medical examiner believes she found pneumonia-like symptoms, but further tests are required to confirm that.

Husband's symptoms had been coughing and congestion. Huskey says the teen had been out of school for several days and had been treated in an emergency room Tuesday and released.

State Epidemiologist Dr. Mary Currier says it may be next week before health officials determine whether the students died of the new swine flu virus.

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[wdcare]

Re: 2 students' deaths under investigation

These cases are addressed in two separate threads.

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Report: Swine flu confirmed in death of Mississippi Gulf Coast teen
Posted by The Associated Press August 31, 2009 6:30 PM

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- The coroner is confirming that swine flu killed a Hancock County Middle School student last Thursday.

Hancock County Coroner Norma Stiglet told WLOX-TV news today that autopsy results confirmed the cause of death for 13-year-old Heidi Ann Peterson of Kiln.

In central Mississippi, Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said today that preliminary swine flu test results from the state Department of Health were negative for Wesley Husband, a 15-year-old Warren Central High student who died Thursday.

 

[Niko]

Re: 2 students' deaths under investigation

Hancock Co. teen's death confirmed as Swine Flu

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By WLOX Staff


HANCOCK COUNTY, MS (WLOX) -

Swine Flu has been confirmed as the cause of death for a Hancock Middle School student.

Heidi Ann Peterson, a 13-year-old girl from the Kiln, died last Thursday. Hancock County Coroner Norma Stiglet told WLOX News that autopsy results confirmed she had Swine Flu.

Meanwhile, in Warren County, officials have already determined that preliminary swine flu tests are negative for a 15-year-old student who also died last week. The Warren County Coroner said health officials are now conducting further tests on Wesley Husband. Wesley was a student at Warren Central High School.

This is the second swine flu related death on the coast this year. Earlier this year, a 7-year-old child in Jackson County also died from the virus. According to the state health department, that child had multiple underlying medical conditions.

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