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1 child dead, 3 sickened by Clark Co. E. coli
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A recent outbreak of a potentially deadly strain of E. coli at a Washington state day care center has killed one child and sickened three other children, health officials said.
The child who died was a 4-year-old boy, said Elizabeth Winter of the Washington state Department of Early Learning. The department was notified of his death on Friday, she said.
The boy was hospitalized on March 19 after he was struck by the E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, said Dr. Alan Melnick, the health officer for Clark County, Wash. The other three children were hospitalized soon afterward and have since been released, he said...
1 child dead, 3 sickened by Clark Co. E. coli
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A recent outbreak of a potentially deadly strain of E. coli at a Washington state day care center has killed one child and sickened three other children, health officials said.
The child who died was a 4-year-old boy, said Elizabeth Winter of the Washington state Department of Early Learning. The department was notified of his death on Friday, she said.
The boy was hospitalized on March 19 after he was struck by the E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, said Dr. Alan Melnick, the health officer for Clark County, Wash. The other three children were hospitalized soon afterward and have since been released, he said...