California boy, 13, left in grim condition after coming down with rare disease

2026-10-05 18:59 • ;Erica Andrews
A California boy who was once a healthy, soccer-loving teenager is now fighting to regain the use of his legs after a seemingly harmless mosquito bite triggered a devastating medical nightmare.  Joseph Vasquez, 13, of Long Beach, has been bedridden at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for three weeks after contracting West Nile virus and developing...
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