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Three Pediatric Flu Deaths In Ohio So Far This Season

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published February 22, 2019 at 5:12 AM EST

A 13-year-old Cleveland girl is the one of three Ohio children to have died of the flu this season.  

The teen died last week. A fourth-grader in Mason passed away earlier this week from flu complications. A Highland County toddler also died of complications in early February. People are being urged to get vaccinated.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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