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On August 28, a 52-year-old woman with underlying health conditions became the first death in Dallas County. Meanwhile, at TCU in Fort Worth there is an outbreak of swine flu on the campus. On Monday August 24, 10 students had possible cases of swine flu, by Wednesday the number had jumped to 88.
Schools closed in many states in response to local flu outbreaks. By April 30, 2009, 300 U.S. schools and school districts had announced closures in response to the outbreak, giving 169,000 students time off. [198] On May 4, 2009, about 533 schools in 24 states in the U.S. were closed, affecting about 330,000 students. [199]
The 2009 swine flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1/swine flu/influenza virusand declared by the World Health Organization(WHO) from June 2009 to August 2010, was the third recent flu pandemic involving the H1N1 virus (the first being the 1918–1920 Spanish flupandemic and the second being the 1977 Russian flu). [12][13]The first identified human ...
1. In 1976, an outbreak of the swine flu, influenza A virus subtype H1N1 at Fort Dix, New Jersey caused one death, hospitalized 13, and led to a mass immunization program. After the program began, the vaccine was associated with an increase in reports of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), which can cause paralysis, respiratory arrest, and death.
Vehicles cross an icy bridge on Montgomery Street on Monday, January 30, 2023, in Fort Worth. A winter storm warning is in effect until 6 a.m. Wednesday as mixed precipitation, primarily in the ...
Here is what school officials say parents need to know about closures and delays Tuesday when snow falls in the Fort Worth area.
June 1, 2024 at 6:28 AM. If the Fort Worth ISD trustees’ recent flip-flop on consolidating middle schools is an indication of how leaders plan to meet — or duck — the challenges of a ...
Swine influenza is an infection caused by any of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus ( SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus ( S-OIV) refers to any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. [ 2] As of 2009, identified SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as ...