Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

First swine flu death in U.S. began with fever April 8 | Front page | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "The first reported death in the United States from the swine flu outbreak was that of a 23-month-old Mexico City boy who fell ill in Brownsville and was transported for treatment at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, where he died Monday, officials said.

Dr. David Persse, director of the city's emergency medical services, said the acutely ill child was admitted to a Brownsville hospital on April 13 and immediately was rushed by medical transport to Houston."

2 comments:

Todd Mason said...

Keep you and yours out of the way of that, now.

Unknown said...

We were just at the medical center this morning. Lots more people wearing surgical masks than usual. Now I know why.