Another infant died of probable H1N1 in Pittsburgh

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PITTSBURGH -- A 3-month-old who died at Children's Hospital over the weekend had H1N1-like symptoms, the Allegheny County Health Department said.

Carissa Joann Phillips was not from Allegheny County but was brought to the hospital for treatment.

The infant died sometime over the weekend most likely from the swine flu, health officials said.
"This was an infant, I believe an 8-week-old or 2-month-old from another county, Washington County, brought to a Pittsburgh hospital," said Guillermo Cole of the Health Department. "Unfortunately, the child died over the weekend."

Carissa was too young to have gotten the swine flu vaccine, but Cole said her death is an important reminder to others.

"Vaccinating caregivers of children younger than 6 months of age, because the vaccine of H1N1 can not be given, used on anyone younger than 6 months," said Cole.

Three people from Allegheny County have died of the virus. Two people from Fayette County died from the swine flu, as well as one from Butler....


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Re: Another infant died of probable H1N1 in Pittsburgh

PA DOH had a fatality listed for Washington COunty. Per the report, below, 3 month old baby Carissa is from Washington County. I've adjusted my records to place baby Carissa as that Washington County death, and remove (1) fatality from Allegheny County, where I originally counted her death. We'll have to wait and see what PA DOH has tomorrow, since they seem to still have (1) more for Allegheny County that is unaccounted for in media reports. They still have not included the (2) Blair County deaths.

Virus kills city infant
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By Brad Hundt, Staff writer bhundt@observer-reporter.com

The all-too-brief life of Caryssa Jo Ann Phillips was filled with struggle.

A twin born in September two months premature, Caryssa was only home in Washington for a little less than two weeks when she became ill again and spent another three weeks in the hospital before dying on Saturday.

It was the day, coincidentally, she had been due to be born.

Caryssa's death is noteworthy because she's believed to be the first Washington County resident claimed by the H1N1 influenza virus. According to figures released last week by the Centers for Disease Control, 3,900 Americans have died as a result of swine flu, including 540 children. (Continued)