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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE54K0N820090521
Arizona teenager dies of H1N1 flu
Wed May 20, 2009 10:41pm EDT
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona teenager who had health problems died from H1N1 flu, health authorities said on Wednesday.
The Pima County Health Department said the "medically compromised" 13-year-old boy died on May 15 from complications of H1N1 influenza.
Several of his family members were also ill with the virus and most have recovered. One sibling remains hospitalized.
The death is the third in Arizona associated with the new flu strain.
(Reporting by Tim Gaynor)
Arizona teenager dies of H1N1 flu
Wed May 20, 2009 10:41pm EDT
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona teenager who had health problems died from H1N1 flu, health authorities said on Wednesday.
The Pima County Health Department said the "medically compromised" 13-year-old boy died on May 15 from complications of H1N1 influenza.
Several of his family members were also ill with the virus and most have recovered. One sibling remains hospitalized.
The death is the third in Arizona associated with the new flu strain.
(Reporting by Tim Gaynor)