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Health officials: Levittown child, 10, died of flu

The weekend death of a Levittown elementary school student was likely caused by the flu and is the first childhood death attributed to influenza on Long Island in the five years since public health agencies have been required to report pediatric flu deaths, officials said yesterday.

Cynthia Brown, spokeswoman for the Nassau County Health Department, said the 10-year-old died over the weekend...

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