Woman Becomes Canada's First Swine Flu Death

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted May 8, 2009 6:16 PM CDT
Woman Becomes Canada's First Swine Flu Death
The woman who died in Canada had swine flu, but also other serious conditions.   (AP Photo)

An Alberta woman is the first Canadian to die in connection with swine flu, though the province's heath chief said today she also had serious underlying medical conditions, the AP reports. A source told the Globe and Mail the woman, in her 30s, had asthma; she died April 28. Her health prior to contracting the flu may have worsened her influenza infection, Alberta health chief Andre Corriveau said.
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