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A flag flies over Texas Children's Hospital where doctors confirmed that a child from Mexico City died of swine flu at the hospital in Houston
29 Apr 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A flag flies over Texas Children's Hospital where doctors confirmed that a child from Mexico City died of North American flu (swine flu) at the hospital in Houston April 29, 2009. The child suffered from acute respiratory illness and passed away at the hospital on Monday. REUTERS/Richard Carson (UNITED STATES DISASTER POLITICS ENVIRONMENT HEALTH)
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Dr. Jeffrey Starke (R) director of Infection control at Texas Children's Hospital, and Dr. Gail Demmler-Harrison (L) attend a news conference confirming that a child from Mexico City died of North ...


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