Michigan: 2014 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://www.jrn.com/fox47news/news/UP...256822021.html


UPDATE: Three Students Test Positive for Whooping Cough
FOX 47 News
CREATED 9:15 AM

A local school district is warning parents three students have tested positive for whooping cough.

Hanover-Horton administrators sent a letter home this week telling parents an eighth-grader and two siblings have it. All three were up-to-date with their vaccines and booster shots...

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Re: MI: 2014 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.jrn.com/fox47news/news/La...270470791.html


Large Increase in Whooping Cough Cases This Year
By FOX 47 News. CREATED 10:10 AM

Compared to this time last year, the number of whooping cough or pertussis cases has increased by 45%.

The state has already seen nearly 550 cases, and it's just August..

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Re: MI: 2014 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.9and10news.com/story/2634...thern-michigan

Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise in Northern Michigan
Posted: Aug 21, 2014 5:05 PM EDT Updated: Aug 21, 2014 5:33 PM EDT
By Breelynn Martin, Reporter - email

The number of whooping cough cases are on the rise in Northern Michigan.

Dr. Robert Graham, medical director for Central Michigan District Health Department, District Health Department #10, and Mid Michigan District Health Department says there's been 10 cases in Wexford, Missaukee, Crawford, and Arenac counties in the last week.

"Usually, we might see one or two cases a month in all my counties but to have this many cases is really unusual,"says Dr. Graham...

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Re: MI: 2014 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.ourmidland.com/news/bay-c...51394e947.html

Bay County sees rise in whooping cough cases
Friday, September 12, 2014, 2:15 pm
By the Midland Daily News

Health officials in Bay County and across the state of Michigan are seeing an increase in cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, including severe illness in young children...

...Since the beginning of 2014, 14 cases of pertussis have been identified in Bay County, as compared to the two cases reported last year during the same time, according to Bay County Health Officer Joel Strasz. No deaths have been reported in Bay County.

In Midland County, about 10 cases had been seen by the end of August, according to David Mulder, a physician assistant in a Family Practice Center at MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland, who wrote a column in the Daily News to encourage immunization...

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Source: http://www.record-eagle.com/news/loc...5bacc0100.html



Whooping cough outbreak at GT Academy
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2014 4:24 pm
BY SARAH ELMS selms@record-eagle.com

TRAVERSE CITY ? Grand Traverse County health officials are urging all students and staff at Grand Traverse Academy to get a prophylactic antibiotic to prevent a whooping cough outbreak at the school from spreading.

Health officials are investigating cases of Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, that span several grades and multiple classrooms at the school. There are six confirmed cases,12 others are being tested and additional symptomatic students are being evaluated...

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Source: http://www.record-eagle.com/news/loc...0035181e1.html

UPDATE: Whooping cough outbreak prompts school closure
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 5:54 pm
BY SARAH ELMS selms@record-eagle.com

TRAVERSE CITY ? A whooping cough outbreak coupled with low attendance prompted Grand Traverse Academy officials to close school for the rest of the week.

The public charter school has seen 10 confirmed cases of Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, with 83 probable cases and more expected, Grand Traverse County health officials said...

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Source: http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/stor...7#.VGPr2edpehc

Whooping cough cases continue to climb
by Michelle Nemmers
Posted: 2 hrs, 45 mins ago

GRAND TRAVERSE CO -- The number of students and staff that are becoming ill continues to increase due to the Pertussis outbreak at Grand Traverse Academy.

According to the Grand Traverse Health Department, there are now 12 confirmed and 161 probable cases of the whooping cough as of Wednesday.

The Health Department first reported on Nov. 8 of nine confirmed and 57 probable cases. Those numbers went up on Nov. 10 to 10 confirmed and 83 probable cases. The increase in cases caused the Grand Traverse Academy to close their doors until Monday Nov. 17...

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Re: Michigan: 2014 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.record-eagle.com/news/loc...302a0bf41.html


Physicians urge whooping cough vaccination, cases continue to increase
Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2014 12:34 pm
BY SARAH ELMS selms@record-eagle.com

TRAVERSE CITY ? Physicians are urging children and adults to get up-to-date vaccinations in the wake of a growing whooping cough outbreak rooted in a local charter school, but not all parents want to immunize their children for reasons medical or otherwise.

By Friday, Grand Traverse County health officials confirmed 15 confirmed local cases of Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, and said another 167 local illnesses likely are Pertussis.

Two of the confirmed cases are infants, said Mike Lahey, the county health department's emergency preparedness coordinator, and 10 were not vaccinated or were not up-to-date on their Pertussis vaccine...

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Re: Michigan: 2014 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.minews26.com/content/?p=35122

22 Cases Confirmed in Whooping Cough Outbreak
POSTED November 18, 2014 BY Eric Wotila

We begin right now with an update on the whooping cough outbreak in the Grand Traverse area.

The Grand Traverse County Health Department has now confirmed at least 22 cases of Pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

Half of those cases are linked to Grand Traverse Academy. There are still about 167 probable cases related to the school and 14 possible cases that are not linked to the Academy...

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Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapi...hooping_c.html

Confirmed cases of whooping cough now at 34 in Grand Traverse County, health officials say
By Monica Scott | mscott2@mlive.com
updated November 20, 2014 at 4:43 PM

GRAND TRAVERSE, MI ? The Grand Traverse County Health Department has confirmed 34 cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, including 12 new cases this week.

Twenty-seven of the confirmed cases are tied to two schools, Grand Traverse Academy, a K-12 charter school, and Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS). Health department officials say they are working closely with affected schools...

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Two more schools confirm whooping cough cases
November 24, 2014 5:42 pm
BY SARAH ELMS selms@record-eagle.com
TRAVERSE CITY ? Whooping cough has spread into 12 area schools in five districts.

The Children's House, a local independent Montessori school, confirmed its first case of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, during the weekend. Elk Rapids Schools confirmed its first case, a high school student, Monday.

Missy Russell, director of advancement for The Children's House, said the infected student is up-to-date on her immunizations and has a "very mild case." She's enrolled in the school's preschool program...

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Re: Michigan: 2014 Whooping cough cases

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Whooping cough cases continue to grow
Posted: Friday, November 28, 2014 10:13 am

From staff reports

TRAVERSE CITY ? Grand Traverse County Health Department officials responded to more than 1,500 phone calls to the department's whooping cough hotline in the past three weeks, and the number of cases continues to grow.

There are 37 total confirmed cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, among Grand Traverse County residents as of Nov. 26, according to the health department's most recent data...

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Source: http://woodtv.com/2014/12/08/whoopin...egan-co-teens/



Whooping cough outbreak among Allegan Co. teens
By Steve Kelso and 24 Hour News 8 web staff Published: December 8, 2014, 4:40 pm Updated: December 8, 2014, 6:20 pm


HAMILTON, Mich. (WOOD) ? Allegan County?s medical director says an outbreak of whooping cough among teens may be caused by a less effective vaccine that went into use in the early 1990s.

...Allegan County?s medical director, Dr. Richard Tooker, told 24 Hour News 8 he thinks this year may go down in history as the county?s worst ever for whooping cough.

?I?ve been in public health since 1984 and I have never seen anything like this,? Tooker said.allegan county pertusis cases 2011-2014

There were four cases of whooping cough in Allegan County in 2011. Tooker said that was typical. In 2012, there were 27 cases. There were 25 case in 2013.

There have already been 26 cases this year. 21 of those have happened since August. Most have affected Hamilton High School students, but there have also been cases reported involving middle school students...

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Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapi...cough_cas.html

Kent County whooping cough cases highest since 2010
By Sue Thoms | sthoms1@mlive.com
on December 12, 2014 at 4:21 PM


GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The number of whooping cough cases in Kent County has reached the highest number since 2010, the health department reported Friday, Dec. 12.

Thirteen residents were diagnosed with the illness, officially known as pertussis, as of Dec. 5...

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Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapi...ak_in_gra.html

Whooping cough outbreak in Grand Traverse hits 70 confirmed cases, 19 schools
By Sue Thoms
on December 18, 2014 at 3:16 PM, updated December 18, 2014 at 3:36 PM


TRAVERSE CITY, MI - The pertussis outbreak in Grand Traverse County has reached 70 confirmed cases, plus 14 cases of a similar disease, called parapertussis, according to the health department.

Students at 19 schools in the county have been affected by the disease, also known as whooping cough...