NY: Youth Dies from Flu in Erie County

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Source: http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/199552/37/Youth-Dies-from-Flu-in-Erie-County


Youth Dies from Flu in Erie County
6:02 PM, Feb 5, 2013

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein reports an area youth died from influenza on Monday night. This is the first pediatric death attributed to influenza in Erie County. The age and name of the victim has not been released due to health privacy laws...

 

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Re: NY: Youth Dies from Flu in Erie County

Source: http://news.wbfo.org/post/young-girls-death-attributed-flu

Young girl's death attributed to flu
By Eileen Buckley

A six-year-old girl died Monday night at Women & Children's Hospital in Buffalo. Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein tells WBFO News the child's death is attributed to influenza...

 

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Re: NY: Youth Dies from Flu in Erie County

http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130206/CITYANDREGION/130209374/1010

Girl?s death tied to flu, bacterial infection
Health officials urge residents to get shots

BY: Sandra Tan / News Staff Reporter
A North Tonawanda girl who died with the flu this week may have also suffered from another health complication.

?Preliminary testing has indicated that the recent death of a Niagara County child may be related to a combined influenza and serious bacterial infection,? the Niagara County Department of Health said in a news release late Wednesday.

The child, a 6-year-old student at St. Amelia School, died Monday evening after being diagnosed in Erie County...