AK: 2012 Whooping cough cases

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Whooping Cough on the Rise
By Dorothy Chomicz - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner / dchomicz@newsminer.com

Story Created: Aug 5, 2012 at 11:15 AM AKDT

FAIRBANKS ? Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is on the rise nationwide and Alaska is no exception.

According to the epidemiology page in the Health and Social Services section of the state website, 55 cases of the disease have been documented so far this year, more than double the 24 cases reported in 2011. While that number might seem high, public health officials say there?s no cause for panic...

 

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Re: AK: 2012 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/12/02/north-whooping-cough-alaska.html


Whooping cough outbreak hits Alaska
220 confirmed cases so far
CBC News
Posted: Dec 2, 2012 9:48 AM CST
Last Updated: Dec 2, 2012 10:35 AM CST

There is an outbreak of pertussis, or whooping cough, in Alaska.

The state routinely gets about of 40 cases a year. But this year, there have already been 220 confirmed cases...

 

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Source: http://newsminer.com/bookmark/21153113-Alaska-sees-jump-in-whooping-cough-cases

Alaska sees jump in whooping cough cases
by Staff Report / newsroom@newsminer.com
Dec 17, 2012

...The Anchorage/Mat-Su area reported 14 cases in the week of Dec. 2 through Dec. 8, the latest period covered by the state?s tracking. That matches the weekly high for the year recorded for Aug. 5-11, also in the Anchorage/Mat-Su area.

No cases were reported in Interior Alaska in the latest period. Three cases were reported in the region during the period of Nov. 25 to Dec. 1.

Anchorage/Mat-Su has reported 136 cases since Jan. 1. Interior Alaska has reported 48 cases, followed by the Gulf Coast at 28 cases, Northern Alaska at 23 cases, Southwest Alaska at 10 cases and Southeast Alaska at six cases...