Second Boston swine-flu death announced

The Boston Public Health Commission says an 84-year-old man died of H1N1 on June 18, six days after he was admitted to a local hospital with flu-like symptoms.

The commission says it took until today to confirm his diagnosis and that he "had several serious underlying health conditions that placed him at high risk of complications from the flu."

State officials say flu-like illness has been on the wane of late in Massachusetts, but say people still need to take extra precautions, such as handwashing and covering your mouth when coughing. Particularly vulnerable to serious complications are kids under 2, adults over 65, pregnant women and people with chronic heart or lung ailments.

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