News on Mitchell Wiener

NY City swine flu victim widow plans $40 mln suit

2010-02-25T21:36:16Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The widow of a New York City school administrator who became the first person in the city to die of H1N1 flu said on Tuesday she planned to file a $40 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city.</p><p>Filed as a notice of claim, a required step before a formal suit is entered, it would...

4 NYC deaths linked to swine flu

2010-02-27T05:48:05Z

<div id="subtitle">4 NYC deaths linked to swine flu; meanwhile many schools reopening</div><div><p>The deaths of two more New Yorkers were linked to swine flu Tuesday as the city struggled to contain the outbreak of the virus in its sprawling school system.</p><p>Twenty schools reopened, including one whose assistant principal was the first person in New Y...

Son of NYC swine flu victim pitches no-hitter

2010-02-27T06:59:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Son of NYC educator who died of swine flu pitches no-hitter, says dad gave him power</div><div><p>The son of a New York City assistant principal who died of swine flu has pitched a no-hitter while wearing a cap bearing his father's initials.</p><p>Jordan Wiener (WEE'-nur) is the son of Anita Seeratan, 13, an 8th grader at the Susan B. Anthony middle school, holds up a copy of the 2005 yearbook open to the page with the photograph of assistant Principal Mitchell Wiener, in New York. A hospital official said S...

Friends mourn NY assistant principal killed by flu

2010-02-27T09:26:34Z

<div id="subtitle">Mourners gather for funeral of NYC school assistant principal killed by swine flu</div><div><p>Students, officials, fellow educators and friends were gathered to pay respects at the funeral of an assistant principal who became New York City's first confirmed death related to swine flu.</p><p>World Health Organisation was under pressure Monday to declare swine flu a full-fledged pandemic as the number of cases in Japan soared and a New York teacher died of the virus.</p><p>Japan shuttered more than 2,000 schools and kindergartens after it confirmed...

Japan flu cases soar as WHO mulls pandemic alert

2010-02-27T09:18:33Z

<div><p>The number of swine flu cases soared in Japan Monday and a New York teacher died of the virus, increasing the prospects of world health chiefs declaring an official pandemic at their annual meeting.</p><p>Japan shuttered more than 2,000 schools and kindergartens after it confirmed that swine flu cases had reached 129 with authorities warning th...

Teacher dies of swine flu in New York: report

2010-02-27T09:25:21Z

<div><p>A teacher at a New York city school who had been in critical condition for days died after being infected with the A(H1N1) virus, local media reported.</p><p>The death of Mitchell Wiener, the assistant principal of Intermediate School 238 in Hollis, Queens, ma...

CORRECTION CORRECTION Swine Flu NYC

2009-05-17T18:30:31Z

FILE - In this May 15, 2009 file photo, Anita Seeratan, 13, an 8th grader at the Susan B. Anthony middle school, holds up a copy of the 2005 yearbook open to the page with the photograph of assistant Principal Mitchell Wiener, in New York. A hospital official said S...