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  • Wisconsin: 2014 Whooping cough

    Source: http://www.doorcountydailynews.com/n...1#.UtBz8_Zpehc


    Whooping Cough Cases Confirmed In Door County, Vaccine Available
    1/10/2014 12:00:00 PM
    By Rick Jensen

    Parents of Students in the Southern Door School District have been advised their children may have been exposed to Pertussis ? better known as Whooping Cough...

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    Re: Wisconsin: 2014 Whooping cough

    Source: http://www.gazettextra.com/article/2...4/WC/140119897

    Whooping cough cases confirmed in Elkhorn school
    Staff | January 14, 2014

    ELKHORN--Cases of pertussis or whooping cough have been confirmed at West Side Elementary School in Elkhorn, and the disease may be showing up in students at other local schools, according to a news release from the Elkhorn Area School District and the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services...

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      Re: Wisconsin: 2014 Whooping cough

      Source: http://www.jrn.com/tmj4/news/Whoopin...250881121.html


      Whooping cough spreading through Waukesha Co. schools
      Michele Fiore
      CREATED 6:16 PM

      BROOKFIELD - A highly contagious respiratory disease is spreading through some schools in Waukesha County. There is one more probable case of whooping cough to report. It's at Brookfield East High School...

      ...Late Tuesday afternoon, we spoke with a pertussis expert at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Their reports indicate the state has seen 91 cases since January. That's down significantly. The same period two years ago had nearly 800 cases. Right now, the hardest hit area in our viewing area is Walworth County...

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        Re: Wisconsin: 2014 Whooping cough

        Source: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle...280251982.html


        La Crosse County whooping cough cases nearly double last year's total
        Article by: Associated Press
        Updated: October 23, 2014 - 6:15 PM

        LA CROSSE, Wis. ? Health officials report a jump in cases of whopping cough in La Crosse County this year.

        So far 43 cases of whooping cough have been reported in La Crosse County this year. That's nearly double last year's total of 23...

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          Re: Wisconsin: 2014 Whooping cough

          Source: http://www.wbay.com/story/26878435/2...in-door-county


          New Cases of Whooping Cough in Door County
          Updated: Oct 23, 2014 7:07 PM EDT
          By Clare Kaley

          Door County - Health officials in Door County are asking you to be aware of any illnesses after confirming four cases of whooping cough in the past few weeks. The health department says the four people infected did have immunizations...

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            Re: Wisconsin: 2014 Whooping cough

            Source: http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/1...281527231.html


            16 cases of whooping cough confirmed in Mondovi School District
            Posted: Tue 6:15 PM, Nov 04, 2014
            By: Andrew Fefer - Email

            MONDOVI, Wis. (WEAU) -- The Mondovi School District is talking with a local health department daily as it tries to stop the spread of Pertussis, or whooping cough.

            District Administrator Cheryl Gullicksrud said Tuesday that the district had 16 confirmed cases of the disease. The first case in the district was confirmed nearly two weeks ago. Gullicksrud said it started in one of the classrooms at Mondovi Elementary School, but that the district may never find out the source of the outbreak. As the confirmed cases have popped up in the district, it has sent notes home to parents of students in affected classrooms, posted information to the district's Facebook page, and handed information to district staff. A health alert from the Buffalo County Health Department shows confirmed cases of whooping cough in Mondovi Elementary School and High School...

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              Re: Wisconsin: 2014 Whooping cough

              Source: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...sist/19261467/

              Door County pertussis cases persist
              Samantha Hernandez, Door County Advocate 5:42 a.m. CST November 19, 2014

              ...For the last two months there have been a total of ?eight confirmed cases? of pertussis in Door County, said Sue Powers, Door County Public Health nurse. Not all the cases have been in Southern Door...

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              • #8
                Source: http://www.postcrescent.com/story/ne...unty/20663379/

                Whooping cough outbreak in Waupaca County
                Julie B. Gilkay, Post-Crescent Media 5:26 p.m. CST December 19, 2014

                Nine cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, have been reported in the last two weeks in Waupaca and Portage counties, with several more tests and results pending.

                The patients have ranged in age from 6 months to 15 years old. The youngest three patients never have been vaccinated, according to a news release from ThedaCare...

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