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Long Beach child hospitalized with rare disease related to West Nile virus - KTLA

KtlaOctober 5, 2026

The family of a 13-year-old boy from Long Beach is asking for help as he remains hospitalized with a rare disease linked to the West Nile virus, doctors say. Joseph Vasquez has been bedridden at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for three weeks, his family says…

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