New Swine Flu Death Reported

By HEATHRE DECOU
Updated 3:16 PM PST, Wed, Oct 21, 2009

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A dose of the experimental vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus is prepared at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009.
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Another San Diegan has died from swine flu.

According to the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, the latest death reported Wednesday involves a 31-year-old woman who did have underlying medical conditions.

So far, nearly 350 people have been hospitalized for swine flu in the county.

Twenty-five San Diegans have died from the virus.

County health officials are warning anyone with flu-like symptoms to stay home from work or school.

Those symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.

If you have underlying medical conditions and come down with those flu-like symptoms, you should see your doctor as soon as possible.

First Published: Oct 21, 2009 2:57 PM PST

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