Texas confirms first flu death of U.S. resident

Texas confirms first flu death of U.S. resident

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By Associated Press

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas health officials have confirmed the first death of a United States resident with swine flu.

Few details have been released, but officials say the flu victim was a woman who lived in Cameron County, along the U.S.-Mexico border, and had other, chronic health problems.

The Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday that she died earlier this week.

Last week, a boy from Mexico City died at a Houston hospital, marking the first swine flu death in the United States.

(Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.)

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