Article 6BVT4 Ontario mom warns parents about Group A strep infection rise after daughter dies

Ontario mom warns parents about Group A strep infection rise after daughter dies

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Jackie Sharkey
from CBC | Edmonton News on (#6BVT4)
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Christina Hecktus's five-year-old daughter Quin came home from school in March with a cough and a fever, and died days later. The Kitchener mother is now warning parents about the rare consequences of invasive Group A streptococcus, circulating in Ontario at the highest rates in a decade.

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