Pa. woman, 19, dies from swine flu complications

Just when we thought the swine flu scare had run its course, we get this shocking news from the Montgomery County Health Department:

A 19-year-old woman who was suffering from other medical conditions succumbed to complications from an infection of H1N1, according to the Montgomery County Health Department.

The Health Department is withholding the woman's name and town to protect the family.

The Health Department said underlying conditions were to blame for the fatality and that this was the first death from H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, in the county. About 170 people in the United States have died from complications of the swine flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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