6-Year-Old Boy ‘Most Likely’ Dies from Rare 19th Century Disease Caused by Lack of Vitamin C
📍 The outcome
The six‑year‑old Queensland boy died from scurvy, a rare 19th‑century disease, even though he had been taking a multivitamin. A Queensland coroner concluded that scurvy was the cause of death and a paediatrician linked the outcome to a misleading multivitamin product.
No further developments have been reported since the initial coverage.
Epilogue added 18d ago, after coverage quieted.
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6-Year-Old Boy ‘Most Likely’ Dies from Rare 19th Century Disease Caused by Lack of Vitamin C Yahoo · 60d ago broke it first
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