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Still No Cause of Death of Oologah Student

KWGS News

OOLOGAH, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma health official says it could be months before the cause of death of an Oologah kindergartner is known.

Six-year-old Jenny Yang died Jan. 5, hours after leaving school because of a fever. Her death led many parents to hold their children out of school and prompted the closing of school for two days — even though state and local health officials said the death was not the result of infectious disease.

State Health Department epidemiologist Dr. Kristy Bradley told the Tulsa World tissue samples have been sent t to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and that it could be "weeks or months" before the cause of death is determined.

Bradley said there is no evidence of a risk to public health.