The first American has died after contracting the swine flu virus, Texas health officials said Tuesday. Officials did not identify the 33-year-old Texas woman but added that she suffered from an unnamed pre-existing medical condition.
“I don’t want people to panic. Her death was a combination of a pre-existing health condition and the flu. The flu just made things worse.”
Leonel Lopez, the Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services epidemiologist
