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Healthy 16-Year-Old Girl Dies From Flu Complications: ‘It Doesn’t Make Sense’
More than 1,400 flu hospitalizations were reported last week in Ohio, including the season's first pediatric death in Greene County, health officials said.
- On January 2, 2026, the Ohio Department of Health reported more than 1,400 flu hospitalizations last week and the state's first flu-associated death was a child from Greene County, Ohio.
- Flu season has returned and typically peaks by February, and the Ohio Department of Health reported the state usually records one to seven pediatric flu-associated deaths annually.
- The teen's condition then worsened by Sunday, after visiting a doctor earlier this week with ordinary flu symptoms, family said.
- Health officials urged the general public to get flu shots, while doctors recommend hand-washing, covering coughs and wearing masks to prevent spread.
- Kyleigh, sister, and Brittney Chandler, stepmother, urged parents to learn warning signs and be 'overbearing' protecting children, describing losing Ryleigh as losing a piece of themselves.
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