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Pertussis Outbreak in Nevada High School

October 29, 2019January 24, 2023 Marinanicole Schultheiss

By: Jiayan Liu Image courtesy of Science Museum Group Collection UK The Washoe County Health District has confirmed four cases of pertussis (whooping cough) at

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Pacific Northwest Battles Whooping Cough

July 25, 2015July 21, 2022 Colleen Nguyen

As of July 14, 2015, whooping cough cases in Clark County, Washington have increased eleven-fold, resulting in health officials announcing that ‘outbreak levels’ have been

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Research & Policy

First Cases of Vaccine-Resistant Whooping Cough Found in United States

February 8, 2013January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

In a letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors have identified twelve cases of pertussis that do not respond

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Ethnic Disparities in Flu Vaccine Coverage

September 13, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Vaccine uptake has been a front-page issue over the past year, given the epidemic levels of whooping cough in some U.S. states and the upsurge

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Ethnic Disparities in Flu Vaccine Coverage

September 13, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Vaccine uptake has been a front-page issue over the past year, given the epidemic levels of whooping cough in some U.S. states and the upsurge

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United States Faces Twice as Many Pertussis Cases as Last Year

July 25, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

New statistics show that the United States is in the midst of the worst outbreak of pertussis, or whooping cough, in fifty years.  Case reports

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Drug-Resistant Whooping Cough in France

June 11, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

Doctors recently discovered an antibiotic-resistant case of pertussis in an infant in Lyon, France. The child, an 18-day-old, arrived at Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant with

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Whooping Cough Making Headlines Across the Country

May 18, 2012January 25, 2023 Jane Huston

The Washington State Secretary of Health Mary Selecky has declared whooping cough is at epidemic levels and requested federal assistance. Washington has counted 1284 cases

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Whooping Cough Outbreak in McHenry County, Ill.

November 14, 2011January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

McHenry County, Ill. is in the midst of a whooping cough outbreak. Nine students from Cary-Grove High School were initially diagnosed with whooping cough (pertussis)

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