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HAMILTON >> On Saturday officials confirmed that the death of four-year-old Eli Waller, was caused by the Enterovirus D68 strain. Little Eli Waller, one of three triplets, was asymptomatic according to Jeff Plunkett just prior to his death, Officials had been waiting to hear news of what may come of the findings from samples sent to the CDC regarding Waller, a process that was expedited with the help of Congressman Chris Smith. Late Friday evening officials were tasked with informing Waller’s family that the tests showed that the 4-year-old died as a result of what Plunkett described as a particularly...

At least two Colorado adults have died from complications from what may be enterovirus-68, the same strain that has afflicted hundreds, mostly children, across the country. Dr. Phil Emrie, a critical care pulmonologist at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, says he treated adult patients who suffered from conditions similar to the virus. “We don’t know for sure that it’s the enterovirus-68, but we do know that it’s consistent with the illness that they’re seeing in children,” Emrie said. That specific virus has been diagnosed primarily in children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported approximately 500 cases...