Cause of kindergartener’s death may take months to determine

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 (http://bit.ly/1uchNAR ) 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.