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Fourth Illinois Death

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<CENTER>H1N1 Influenza Continues to Circulate ? State Public Health Director Stresses Precautions
Illinois ? 1,268 H1N1 influenza cases, 4 deaths</CENTER>
<!-- HTML><BODY --><TABLE border=0 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=2 align=middle></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top align=left></TD><TD class=ContentRegular width="100%" align=left>SPRINGFIELD ? The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,268 cases of H1N1 influenza in Illinois and four people diagnosed with the virus, all with underlying medical conditions, have died.
?We must continue to take precautions to avoid getting sick ? such as washing your hands, covering your cough and staying home if you?re sick,? said Dr. Damon T. Arnold, Illinois Department of Public Health Director. ?The H1N1 influenza virus continues to circulate in Illinois, in the U.S. and throughout the world, and everyone, but especially those with underlying medical conditions, needs to take steps to avoid getting the flu.?
Like seasonal influenza, some people may be at greater risk of serious complications related to novel H1N1 infection and illness. People who are at high risk of serious seasonal flu-related complications include pregnant women, children younger than 5-year- old, people with chronic medical conditions and people 65-years and older. Examples of chronic medical conditions include diabetes, asthma, heart disease and lung disease.
Two of the Illinois H1N1 influenza related deaths were Chicago residents, one a suburban Cook County resident and the fourth a Kane County resident. For confidentiality reasons and out of respect for the families, the Illinois Department of Public Health is not releasing any additional information about the four deaths.
Dr. Arnold said the Department will continue to monitor the state for signs of increased virulence of H1N1 flu.

http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=1&RecNum=7631
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US swine flu toll at 21, as death strikes NY, Chicago
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NEW YORK (AFP) ? The US toll from swine flu hit 21 Wednesday as new deaths were reported in New York and Chicago.
More than 11,000 cases have been confirmed in the United States, according to latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Swine flu has now spread to 66 countries with 19,273 people known to have been infected since the disease was first uncovered in April, data from the World Health Organization showed earlier Wednesday.
The four new deaths in New York and Chicago, which were not yet included in the CDC's report, raise the global tally to 121.
The number of fatalities from swine flu in New York has reached seven, including for the first time an individual not suffering from any other condition, health officials said.
Two more people died from the H1N1 virus between Tuesday and Wednesday, the New York Health Department said, bringing the total to seven. Earlier this week officials announced the fifth death, a child under two years of age.
"Six out of seven deaths have occurred with people who had had underlying conditions," a spokesman for the health department said.
City officials have continuously stressed that those most at risk from the new strain of flu are people already weakened by other problems, such as respiratory diseases.
The death of an otherwise healthy person was in contrast to the vast majority of the hundreds of other cases in the city, who have recovered quickly.
The Illinois toll now stands at four, all patients residents of the Chicago area who had underlying medical conditions, officials said. Further details were not provided.
"We must continue to take precautions to avoid getting sick, such as washing your hands, covering your cough and staying home if you're sick," said Dr. Damon Arnold, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health.
"The H1N1 influenza virus continues to circulate in Illinois, in the US and throughout the world, and everyone, but especially those with underlying medical conditions, needs to take steps to avoid getting the flu."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQf3mv5i5XWvOIih0gAM6kXJKNPQ
 
Re: Fourth Illinois Death

5th case in Illinois? Illinois is not counting the death of a pregnant young woman as swine flu related..... see attached story - -- she is being buried in Nebraska
http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/06/02/news/local/doc4a259e029aa41193538839.txt

Family: Former Lincoln woman dies of swine flu during childbirth

Pictured at a conference next to former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in 2007, Caitlin Huber of Lincoln appeared on her way to an exciting future.

She was 18 then, in Washington as the mayor of Boys Town.

But last week, circulating cell phone messages informed members of her former dance team the vivacious 20-year-old had succumbed to swine flu in Chicago, leaving behind two daughters, newborn Patricia and 1-year-old Annalycia.

Huber?s Journal Star obituary lists her cause of death as swine flu, although Amy Poore with the Cook County (Ill.) Department of Public Health told The Associated Press that Huber's death was not one of that state?s three H1N1 fatalities.

But Caitlin?s cousin said Tuesday he had spoken with her parents ? and she had died of complications from H1N1 flu during childbirth.

Steven Treat was not sure she died in Cook County but said it was in the Chicago area.

Of the 10,000 people with probable and confirmed cases of H1N1 flu in the U.S. so far, 17 have died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nebraska has had 57 cases and no deaths.

A pregnancy may heighten a person?s risk for pneumonia while fighting a pandemic flu, according to the CDC.
 
Re: Fourth Illinois Death

EMT6000 said:
5th case in Illinois? Illinois is not counting the death of a pregnant young woman as swine flu related..... see attached story - -- she is being buried in Nebraska
http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/06/02/news/local/doc4a259e029aa41193538839.txt

Family: Former Lincoln woman dies of swine flu during childbirth

Pictured at a conference next to former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in 2007, Caitlin Huber of Lincoln appeared on her way to an exciting future.

She was 18 then, in Washington as the mayor of Boys Town.

But last week, circulating cell phone messages informed members of her former dance team the vivacious 20-year-old had succumbed to swine flu in Chicago, leaving behind two daughters, newborn Patricia and 1-year-old Annalycia.

Huber?s Journal Star obituary lists her cause of death as swine flu, although Amy Poore with the Cook County (Ill.) Department of Public Health told The Associated Press that Huber's death was not one of that state?s three H1N1 fatalities.

But Caitlin?s cousin said Tuesday he had spoken with her parents ? and she had died of complications from H1N1 flu during childbirth.

Steven Treat was not sure she died in Cook County but said it was in the Chicago area.

Of the 10,000 people with probable and confirmed cases of H1N1 flu in the U.S. so far, 17 have died, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nebraska has had 57 cases and no deaths.

A pregnancy may heighten a person?s risk for pneumonia while fighting a pandemic flu, according to the CDC.
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This case is on another thread

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108028

She is the Cook County case (mixed up media reports notwithstanding).
 
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