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State Entities in Investigations of Public Health Issues

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The news is reporting Rhode Island has canceled school while public health officials research a possible connection between a new case of meningitis, and the recent death of a second grader from encephalitis. The public health department is conducting the research. What other State entities would you see being involved in this investigation?

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