H1N1 Flu

H1N1 kills otherwise healthy child

by Phil Picardi, Minnesota Public Radio

The Minnesota Department of Health says an otherwise healthy 6-year-old boy has died due to complications from the H1N1 flu virus. Seven Minnesotans have died from H1N1, but what makes Nathan Shilling's death unusual is that he had no reported underlying health conditions.

MPR's Phil Picardi talked about this case with Patricia Stinchfield, director of pediatric infectious disease at Children's Hospital in St. Paul.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, 10/06/2009, 7:20 a.m.