February 14: Alaska (US): 1 new death confirmed


source: The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services confirmed today that a middle-aged woman from Homer who died Wednesday tested positive for H1N1 influenza. A swab test was done yesterday by the Alaska State Virology Lab, Fairbanks.

The family of Terry Shepherd, 44, had said earlier that she had H1N1. Shepherd had been the executive director of the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies since October and had moved to Homer last fall with her husband from Moab, Utah.



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