Earlier today, the Texas Department of State Health announced that a woman in Texas had died from the swine flu virus. According to their announcement, her death took place earlier this week. The woman was a resident of Cameron County, Texas. Her death comes as the first death of a US resident caused by the swine flu virus. If you had thought another US resident had already died from swine flu, you are not alone in being confused about this issue. Although a young boy died in a Houston hospital last week, he was visiting the United States from Mexico City. Therefore, while his death was the first swine flu related death to take place in the United States, this woman’s was the first death of an actual US resident.

Although the death of the first US resident shows that the swine flu virus still poses a potentially fatal threat, Texas Department of State Health officials have tried to calm the fears of others by providing a few details to show that this woman was in a higher than normal risk category. While they did not provide a lot of information about this woman, they not only stated that she lived along the US-Mexico border (which would increase her risk for being exposed to the swine flu virus in the first place), but also had additional chronic health problems (which they implied played a major role in her inability to recover from her swine flu exposure).

While these are all the details we have at the time, be sure to check back regularly as we will keep you updated once any additional information becomes available.