The Associated Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Health officials say a 40-year-old woman has died of complications from swine flu in central Indiana's Tippecanoe County.
County health officer Dr. Michael Bohlin says the woman had a previous medical condition that caused severe complications that led to respiratory failure. The woman died Thursday at a Lafayette hospital.
The State Department of Health has confirmed five other deaths in Indiana from swine flu since July.
Widespread flu illness prompted the Clinton Prairie School Corp. in neighboring Clinton County to cancel Friday's classes and all weekend sports events.
Athletic director Bobby Smith says more than a quarter of the junior-senior high school's some 430 students were absent Thursday.
