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BREAKING: Nassau County’s First Swine Flu Related Death – Pregnant Woman
RIDGELY OCHS | AND MICHAEL FRAZIER. ridgely.ochs@newsday.com. michael.frazier@newsday.com 6:33 PM EDT, June 16, 2009 A young woman who had just given birth became the first apparent death from swine flu in Nassau County Tuesday, while New York City announced seven... (Continue reading)
Breaking: First Swine Flu Death(s) On Long Island Reported
RIDGELY OCHS | ridgely.ochs@newsday.com 5:33 PM EDT, June 15, 2009 Long Island has its first deaths from swine flu. Two Brookhaven residents died last week of the virus, Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Humayun Chaudhry announced Monday. They were a... (Continue reading)
13 New Swine Flu Cases In Nassau County
BY MATTHEW CHAYES | matthew.chayes@newsday.com 12:13 AM EDT, May 20, 2009 There are 13 new swine flu diagnoses in Nassau, the county health department announced late Tuesday night, bringing to 36 the county’s total number of confirmed cases. Because eight... (Continue reading)
NYC Health Department Closes 4 More Schools In Queens
BY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.com 4:33 PM EDT, May 18, 2009 The school closures keep coming. The city Health Department closed four more schools in Queens Monday because dozens of students reported influenza-like symptoms. The schools, which will be closed... (Continue reading)
Breaking News: 1st NYC Swine Flu Death Reported
The swine flu virus claimed its first New York victim Sunday with the death of an assistant principal at a Queens public school who had fallen sick last week. Mitchell Wiener, the assistant principal at IS 238 in Hollis, died... (Continue reading)
Breaking News: Flu Closes 3 More NYC Schools
BY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.com 5:33 PM EDT, May 15, 2009 The city’s Department of Health closed three more public schools because of “unusually high levels of influenza-like symptoms,” a health official said Friday afternoon. However, the health department did... (Continue reading)
Three NYC Schools Closed Due To Swine Flu Scare
The Associated Press 6:54 PM EDT, May 14, 2009 New York City has closed three schools in response to a swine flu outbreak that has left one staff member in critical condition and sent hundreds of kids home with flu... (Continue reading)
Illustrated History Of H1N1 Swine Flu [Image]
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Officials confirm 10 more cases of swine flu on LI [Newsday]
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BY RIDGELY OCHS | ridgely.ochs@newsday.com 8:23 PM EDT, May 7, 2009 Local health officials confirmed 10 more cases – five in each county – of swine flu Thursday. That brings to 21 the total number of confirmed cases of the... (Continue reading)
2 More Cases Of Swine Flu On Long Island [Nassau]
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The first two cases of the swine flu have hit Nassau County, one a part-time worker and the other a student at Queens parochial school St. Francis Preparatory, health officials stated yesterday (Wednesday). The third case, in Suffolk County, is... (Continue reading)