SWINE FLU

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Global swine flu cases top 11,000; U.S. deaths hit double-digits
May 22, 7:43 PM
http://www.examiner.com/x-8543-SF-Health-News-Examiner~y2009m5d22-Flu-alert-Global-cases-top-11000-US-deaths-hit-doubledigits

The death of a 21-year old Utah man marks the nation's 10th fatality associated with the H1N1 swine flu virus that continues to spread across the globe. Marcos Sanchez checked into a suburban hospital on a Saturday, vomiting blood and burning with fever. By Tuesday he was suffering from multiple organ failure.

Sanchez had not travelled recently, and so authorities are trying to figure out how Sanchez became exposed. Dagmar Vitek, medical director for the Salt Lake Valley Health Department, said Utah has 122 confirmed cases of the virus.

Meanwhile, health officials in Arizona said that the death of a a 13-year-old Tucson boy was also due to swine flu. The teenager was hospitalized May 10, and died of complications from the flu. Arizona Department of Health Services spokeswoman Patti Woodcock said an older sibling of the teen remains in the hospital with the virus, while other family members have recovered.

In New York City, officials closed two more public schools, raising to 23 the total of city public and private schools closed so far. Across the Hudson River in Fort Lee, N.J., another school closed, while schools have also closed in Reno, Nev., and Lodi, Wis., after students were sickened