Fairbanks residents account for most of Alaska’s swine flu related deaths. Seven of the 10 fatalities in which swine flu has been identified as a factor have been people from Fairbanks. State Health Department spokesman Greg Wilkinson says the latest death attributed to the H1N1 flu strain was a Fairbanks man in his fifties.
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
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