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 Sunday... (Continue reading)
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 new flu on... (Continue reading)
BY RIDGELY OCHS | ridgely.ochs@newsday.com 1:03 PM EDT, April 29, 2009 One of three probable cases of swine flu outside of New York City is in Suffolk County, the state’s top health official said Wednesday. Each case is believed to be caused by... (Continue reading)