Girl dies in food poisoning outbreak in northern France

A 12-year-old girl has died in a food poisoning outbreak in northern France, with seven other children hospitalized. Symptoms emerged in and around Saint-Quentin, south of Lille, with the cause of the outbreak still unidentified. The children, aged 1-12, are not thought to have mixed in the same groups, indicating a widespread contamination issue. The girl died from haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) linked to acute kidney failure, potentially caused by E. coli bacteria.