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4-year-old is first child in the isles to die of flu this season

By Gary T. Kubota

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 23, 2013

~~<p>State health officials confirmed a 4-year-old girl has died of the flu &mdash; the first flu-related death of a child in Hawaii this flu season.</p>
<p>The girl died Sunday despite being under a physician's care for a few days and being given Tami&shy;flu, Department of Health spokes&shy;woman Jan&shy;ice Okubo said.</p>
~~

State health officials confirmed a 4-year-old girl has died of the flu — the first flu-related death of a child in Hawaii this flu season.

The girl died Sunday despite being under a physician's care for a few days and being given Tami­flu, Department of Health spokes­woman Jan­ice Okubo said. Login for more...



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