Fatality in the spreading swine flu outbreak, federal health officials said morning. No other details on the webb were immediately available, according to network news reports. Quinton Besser, acting director of the U.S. "Forty-five in New York, one in Ohio, two in Kansas,.

"There are 64 confirmed cases in the United States in five states," Besser said during the afternoon teleconference. During a press briefing Besser had said that the more than 60 cases of infection found in the United States so far continued to be mild, but more severe cases were expected, and "as we move forward, I fully expect we will see deaths." The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States continued to climb to 64, with all the bulk of the new cases coming from a New York City high school that had previously reported 18 cases of the infectious disease, Besser said. Reports First Swine Flu Death A 23-month-old child in Texas; CDC warns more deaths are likely U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, confirmed the death.

Reports First Swine Flu Death A 23-month-old child in Texas; CDC warns more deaths are likely By Benn Reinberg Reporter -- A 23-month-old child in Texas has become the first U.S.