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Mar 2, 2009 3:15 pm US/Eastern

Flu May Have Caused 2nd Death Of L.I. Child

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Health officials said it appears that the flu has caused the death of a second Long Island child this season.

The Nassau County Department of Health said Monday that the initial finding of Influenza A was made by the medical examiner in the death a 9-year-old Woodmere student.

Conclusive laboratory test results are expected later this week.

The first death due to the flu was confirmed in a 10-year-old Levittown child last month.

Flu symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, weakness, runny rose, sore throat and cough, and occasionally vomiting and diarrhea in children.

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