Mitchell Wiener

At least one person has died and seven others have tested positive for swine flu in this union territory, taking the total number of people affected by the influenza A(H1N1) virus to nearly 150, a health official said Saturday. Read Full Story

China has reported its second swine flu death after a patient in the northwestern province of Qinghai died of the disease. The health ministry gave no details on the patient in a brief statement posted on its website late Friday. But the official Xinhua news agency quoted local health authorities as saying the patient was a 43-year-old woman. China has confirmed a total of 26,348 cases since the (A)H1N1 virus first emerged, including 13 people who remained in serious condition, the ministry said in the statement. China reported its first swine flu death on October 6, after a patient in Tibet succumbed to the ... Read Full Story

A 23-year-old soldier from Florida who was in basic training is the Army's first death from complications of swine flu, officials said Thursday. The death at Fort Jackson, the Army's largest training camp and just outside Columbia, may be the first such loss among the nation's 1.4 million men and women in uniform. Pentagon officials said they were trying Thursday morning to confirm details of the case. But as of late last week, Department of Defense spokesmen said no military deaths had been recorded since the virus broke out last spring. Spc. Christopher Hogg of Deltona, Fla., died Sept. 10th from "pneumonia due to ... Read Full Story

China has reported its second swine flu death after a patient in the northwestern province of Qinghai died of the disease. The health ministry gave no details on the patient in a brief statement posted on its website late Friday. China has confirmed a total of 26,348 cases since the (A)H1N1 virus first emerged, including 13 people who remained in serious condition, the ministry said in the statement. China reported its first swine flu death on October 6, after a patient in Tibet succumbed to the virus. The government immediately sent 200,000 doses of A(H1N1) vaccine to the Himalayan region, but the ministry statement ... Read Full Story

China on Tuesday announced its first swine flu death, saying a patient in its southwestern region of Tibet had died from the disease, as concern rises about a winter outbreak. State-run Xinhua news agency said in a report from the Tibetan regional capital Lhasa that the victim was an 18-year-old woman. A brief notice on the website of the health ministry earlier also said a person had died of the influenza A(H1N1) on Sunday, giving no details on the case or the patient. "An influenza A(H1N1) sufferer in the region died after efforts to save the sufferer failed," it said. "This is our first ... Read Full Story