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First Utah H1N1 Death
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Re: Possible Utah H1N1 Death?
Re: Possible Utah H1N1 Death?
Unfortunately, you were right.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12411489
Young person is Utah's first H1N1 swine flu death
The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 05/20/2009 12:06:01 PM MDT
The first Utahn believed to have died due to the new H1N1 swine flu was a young person who did not have underlying health issues, said David Sundwall, executive director of the state health department.
The Salt Lake Valley Health Department and the Utah Department of Health have planned a 1:30 p.m. news conference to discuss the development.
Sundwall told The Salt Lake Tribune the patient is believed to have been a healthy 22-year-old from Salt Lake County. The other eight flu deaths in the U.S. have generally been among patients who have underlying health conditions.
"This is disconcerting," Sundwall said.
Utah currently has 116 confirmed flu cases. Nearly half are in the Salt Lake Valley Health District, with 56 cases, and 36 cases are in Summit County. Others are scattered around the state.
During a briefing about swine flu to lawmakers Wednesday, Sundwall didn't mention the death, but did warn legislators that "we are in the relatively early phases of an unfolding epidemic or pandemic."
He said he was troubled by what he called "flu fatigue. It is not bogus. It is not trumped up. It is not false. It is real."
And state epidemiologist Robert Rolfs told lawmakers, "We need to be ready for it to do something unexpected."
Re: Possible Utah H1N1 Death?
Unfortunately, you were right.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12411489
Young person is Utah's first H1N1 swine flu death
The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 05/20/2009 12:06:01 PM MDT
The first Utahn believed to have died due to the new H1N1 swine flu was a young person who did not have underlying health issues, said David Sundwall, executive director of the state health department.
The Salt Lake Valley Health Department and the Utah Department of Health have planned a 1:30 p.m. news conference to discuss the development.
Sundwall told The Salt Lake Tribune the patient is believed to have been a healthy 22-year-old from Salt Lake County. The other eight flu deaths in the U.S. have generally been among patients who have underlying health conditions.
"This is disconcerting," Sundwall said.
Utah currently has 116 confirmed flu cases. Nearly half are in the Salt Lake Valley Health District, with 56 cases, and 36 cases are in Summit County. Others are scattered around the state.
During a briefing about swine flu to lawmakers Wednesday, Sundwall didn't mention the death, but did warn legislators that "we are in the relatively early phases of an unfolding epidemic or pandemic."
He said he was troubled by what he called "flu fatigue. It is not bogus. It is not trumped up. It is not false. It is real."
And state epidemiologist Robert Rolfs told lawmakers, "We need to be ready for it to do something unexpected."
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First Swine Flu Death Hits UtahJared Preusz Web Content Producer
12:54 PM MDT, May 20, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Health Department confirmed today that there has now been one death from the swine flu in the Beehive State. The Utah Health Department said a Salt Lake City man died from the H1N1 swine flu at University Hospital on Wednesday morning. The Utah Department of Health and the Salt Lake Valley Health Department will host a press conference, which will be broadcasted live at 1:30 p.m. on FOX 13 News and streaming live at fox13now.com.
Watch FOX 13 News and fox13now.com for the latest developments on the H1N1 swine flu.
http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-first-swine-flu-death-hits-utah,0,2747174.story
First Swine Flu Death Hits UtahJared Preusz Web Content Producer
12:54 PM MDT, May 20, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Health Department confirmed today that there has now been one death from the swine flu in the Beehive State. The Utah Health Department said a Salt Lake City man died from the H1N1 swine flu at University Hospital on Wednesday morning. The Utah Department of Health and the Salt Lake Valley Health Department will host a press conference, which will be broadcasted live at 1:30 p.m. on FOX 13 News and streaming live at fox13now.com.
Watch FOX 13 News and fox13now.com for the latest developments on the H1N1 swine flu.
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Re: Utah's first H1N1 swine flu death
Live feed of press conference: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=6552497&nid=165
Re: Utah's first H1N1 swine flu death
Live feed of press conference: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=6552497&nid=165
Giuseppe
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Re: First Utah H1N1 Death
Even more disconcerting:
Officials report swine flu-related death in Utah
May 20th, 2009 @ 1:46pm
<!-- ===================[ STORY BODY : RICH TEXT ]================= --> SALT LAKE CITY (AP) --
State health officials are reporting the first death associated with swine flu in Utah.
David Sundwall, executive director of the Utah Department of Health, says that deaths from the flu are not unexpected. He urged residents to be alert but not alarmed.
Related:
Husband says wife had been healthy until swine flu
The husband of the first American with swine flu to die denies reports that she had a pre-existing medical condition.
Not including the Utah death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported eight swine flu deaths in the United States.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Ed Yeates spoke with the man's family. We'll bring you his report on KSL 5 News.
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Even more disconcerting:
Officials report swine flu-related death in Utah
May 20th, 2009 @ 1:46pm
<!-- ===================[ STORY BODY : RICH TEXT ]================= --> SALT LAKE CITY (AP) --
State health officials are reporting the first death associated with swine flu in Utah.
David Sundwall, executive director of the Utah Department of Health, says that deaths from the flu are not unexpected. He urged residents to be alert but not alarmed.
Related:
Husband says wife had been healthy until swine flu The husband of the first American with swine flu to die denies reports that she had a pre-existing medical condition.
Not including the Utah death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported eight swine flu deaths in the United States.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Ed Yeates spoke with the man's family. We'll bring you his report on KSL 5 News.
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http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=6552597
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Re: First Utah H1N1 Death
Not so fast they now report he has underlying health conditions.
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Young man is Utah's first H1N1 swine flu death
By Heather May
The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 05/20/2009 02:24:03 PM MDT
A 21-year-old Salt Lake City man is believed to have died due to the H1N1 swine flu, in the first Utah death tied to the new flu strain.
The man, who was not named, had underlying health conditions, health officials said at an afternoon news conference. He died Wednesday at University Hospital in Salt Lake City, where an autopsy is planned to investigate whether he had a bacterial infection, they said.
Researchers are striving to discover why the new flu "is seeming to have a harder impact on young people," said David Sundwall, executive director of the Utah Department of Health. "We don't know why."
Sundwall said he did not want to downplay the death, but said fatalies from the flu are expected.
"We need to be alert but not alarmed," Sundwall said, urging Utahns to continue to use common sense, such as handwashing and staying home when sick. "We don't want people out and about if they're ill."
The other eight flu deaths in the U.S. have generally been among patients who have underlying health conditions.
Utah currently has 116 confirmed flu cases. Nearly half are in the Salt Lake Valley Health District, with 56 cases, and 36 cases are in Summit County. Others are scattered around the state.
During a briefing about the new flu to lawmakers earlier Wednesday, Sundwall didn't mention the death, but did warn legislators that "we are in the relatively early phases of an unfolding epidemic or pandemic."
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He said he was troubled by what he called "flu fatigue. It is not bogus. It is not trumped up. It is not false. It is real."
And state epidemiologist Robert Rolfs told lawmakers, "We need to be ready for it to do something unexpected."
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12411489
Not so fast they now report he has underlying health conditions.
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Young man is Utah's first H1N1 swine flu death
By Heather May
The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 05/20/2009 02:24:03 PM MDT
A 21-year-old Salt Lake City man is believed to have died due to the H1N1 swine flu, in the first Utah death tied to the new flu strain.
The man, who was not named, had underlying health conditions, health officials said at an afternoon news conference. He died Wednesday at University Hospital in Salt Lake City, where an autopsy is planned to investigate whether he had a bacterial infection, they said.
Researchers are striving to discover why the new flu "is seeming to have a harder impact on young people," said David Sundwall, executive director of the Utah Department of Health. "We don't know why."
Sundwall said he did not want to downplay the death, but said fatalies from the flu are expected.
"We need to be alert but not alarmed," Sundwall said, urging Utahns to continue to use common sense, such as handwashing and staying home when sick. "We don't want people out and about if they're ill."
The other eight flu deaths in the U.S. have generally been among patients who have underlying health conditions.
Utah currently has 116 confirmed flu cases. Nearly half are in the Salt Lake Valley Health District, with 56 cases, and 36 cases are in Summit County. Others are scattered around the state.
During a briefing about the new flu to lawmakers earlier Wednesday, Sundwall didn't mention the death, but did warn legislators that "we are in the relatively early phases of an unfolding epidemic or pandemic."
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He said he was troubled by what he called "flu fatigue. It is not bogus. It is not trumped up. It is not false. It is real."
And state epidemiologist Robert Rolfs told lawmakers, "We need to be ready for it to do something unexpected."
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12411489
Giuseppe
Emeritus
Re: First Utah H1N1 Death
Officials report swine flu-related death in Utah
May 20th, 2009 @ 2:15pm
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP)
Health officials on Wednesday reported the first death associated with swine flu in Utah.
Dr. David Sundwall, executive director of the Utah Department of Health, said a 21-year old man died Wednesday morning at a Salt Lake City hospital.
"This is not a person who was overall generally healthy," Sundwall said.
Sundwall said that deaths from the flu are not unexpected. He urged residents to be "alert but not alarmed."
On Wednesday the Utah health department reported there were 122 cases of swine flu in Utah.
Not including the Utah death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported eight swine flu deaths in the United States and a global total of 84, with more than 5,700 confirmed and probable cases in 47 states and Washington, D.C.
The World Health Organization said 40 countries have reported more than 9,830 cases, mostly in the U.S. and Mexico.
The first confirmed case of swine flu in Utah was identified May 2. The infected person was a student in the Park City schools who had traveled to Mexico over spring break. The child had already recovered from the disease when health officials made the announcement.
Schools in Park City and elsewhere were briefly closed and subsequently reopened a few days later.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Officials report swine flu-related death in Utah
May 20th, 2009 @ 2:15pm
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP)
Health officials on Wednesday reported the first death associated with swine flu in Utah.
Dr. David Sundwall, executive director of the Utah Department of Health, said a 21-year old man died Wednesday morning at a Salt Lake City hospital.
"This is not a person who was overall generally healthy," Sundwall said.
Sundwall said that deaths from the flu are not unexpected. He urged residents to be "alert but not alarmed."
On Wednesday the Utah health department reported there were 122 cases of swine flu in Utah.
Not including the Utah death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported eight swine flu deaths in the United States and a global total of 84, with more than 5,700 confirmed and probable cases in 47 states and Washington, D.C.
The World Health Organization said 40 countries have reported more than 9,830 cases, mostly in the U.S. and Mexico.
The first confirmed case of swine flu in Utah was identified May 2. The infected person was a student in the Park City schools who had traveled to Mexico over spring break. The child had already recovered from the disease when health officials made the announcement.
Schools in Park City and elsewhere were briefly closed and subsequently reopened a few days later.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Re: First Utah H1N1 Death
Yesterday, I put up the numbers of people in the U.S. that are overweight or obese....133 million. Normally, people who are overweight are not generally healthy. In past pandemics we did not have the obesity levels we have today.
He said the man was overweight and had chronic medical conditions, including respiratory problems and other health issues, that would put him at risk.
"This is not a person who was overall generally healthy," Sundwall said
The more we hear about these type of cases, the more concerned I get."This is not a person who was overall generally healthy," Sundwall said
Yesterday, I put up the numbers of people in the U.S. that are overweight or obese....133 million. Normally, people who are overweight are not generally healthy. In past pandemics we did not have the obesity levels we have today.
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SALT LAKE CITY - The mother of the young man who died from the swine flu, which was Utah's first death from the disease, wants to know why her son was discharged from the hospital on Friday. She said that her son, 21-year-old Marco Sanchez, was a healthy boy and she was unaware of any pre-existing health issues.
This is contrary to what health officials stressed on Wednesday that Sanchez had chronic health problems and that may have played a role in his death. Sanchez's girlfriend took him to Pioneer Valley Hospital on Friday and he was sent home on Saturday. He was taken back to the hospital after his mother said that Sanchez was coughing up blood. Days later he was airlifted to University Hospital where he died early Wednesday morning. Marco's mother is wondering why her son was not tested for swine flu on Friday.
FOX 13's Nineveh Dinha talked to a Pioneer Valley Hospital spokesperson which said the case could not be discussed in detail. The spokesperson did stress, however, that the hospital followed all of the CDC guidelines. FOX 13's Nineveh Dinha has more.
Video available here
http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-v...flu-death-victim-says,0,1790663.worldnowvideo
http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-mother-of-swine-flu-death-victim-says-son,0,7461237.story
SALT LAKE CITY - The mother of the young man who died from the swine flu, which was Utah's first death from the disease, wants to know why her son was discharged from the hospital on Friday. She said that her son, 21-year-old Marco Sanchez, was a healthy boy and she was unaware of any pre-existing health issues.
This is contrary to what health officials stressed on Wednesday that Sanchez had chronic health problems and that may have played a role in his death. Sanchez's girlfriend took him to Pioneer Valley Hospital on Friday and he was sent home on Saturday. He was taken back to the hospital after his mother said that Sanchez was coughing up blood. Days later he was airlifted to University Hospital where he died early Wednesday morning. Marco's mother is wondering why her son was not tested for swine flu on Friday.
FOX 13's Nineveh Dinha talked to a Pioneer Valley Hospital spokesperson which said the case could not be discussed in detail. The spokesperson did stress, however, that the hospital followed all of the CDC guidelines. FOX 13's Nineveh Dinha has more.
Video available here
http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-v...flu-death-victim-says,0,1790663.worldnowvideo