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Feds Come Down Hard On New Jersey Nursing Home Where 11 Children Died

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PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. (CBS) – The federal government has imposed a large fine against a New Jersey nursing home, where more than 10 children died during a virus outbreak. The Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation has been ordered to pay $600,000.

Last September, 11 children died and 36 became ill during an adenovirus outbreak.

11th Patient Dies Amid Viral Outbreak At New Jersey Care Facility

Federal and state health officials found that conditions at the faculty posed an "immediate jeopardy" to the lives of the patients and staff."

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