Montana: 2014 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://www.kxlh.com/news/whooping-co...ise-in-helena/

43 minutes 34 seconds ago by Dennis Carlson - Helena
Whooping cough on the rise in Helena

HELENA -- After an absence of a few months, pertussis is once again spreading in the Helena area.

According to the City-County Health Department, 11 cases have been confirmed since mid-November, mostly in school-aged children. Four of those cases have been found in the past week...

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Source: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/sto...ents/20323071/

Three new cases of pertussis among GFPS students
Briana Wipf, bwipf@greatfallstribune.com 3:19 p.m. MST
December 12, 2014

Three new cases of pertussis were confirmed Friday in Great Falls Public Schools students.

Two of Friday?s cases occurred among students at C.M. Russell High School, where three cases cropped up Thursday.

One of the cases is in a student at Roosevelt Elementary School.

Cascade County health officer Tanya Houston said the two additional CMR cases are linked to the first three. The Roosevelt case ?seems to not be connected to the CMR cases,? she said...

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Source: http://www.abcfoxmontana.com/story/2...na-communities

'Whooping Cough' Plaguing Two Montana Communities
Posted: Dec 17, 2014 12:40 AM EST Updated: Dec 17, 2014 12:24 PM EST
By Spencer Conlin

THREE FORKS -

An outbreak of pertussis or whooping cough is plaguing the communities of Three Forks and Great Falls. The outbreak has many parents concerned about sending their children to school.

ABC FOX Montana spoke to nurse practitioners at the Three Rivers Medical Clinic in Three Forks. They have been dealing first-hand with these cases. With 7 confirmed cases of whooping cough in the Three Forks school district and the Three Rivers Medical Clinic being the only medical facility in town, the staff there has been busy...