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Alaska: 2024 Whooping cough

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Source: https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2...chorage-schools-officials-say/?outputType=amp

Another whooping cough case confirmed in Anchorage schools, officials say
ASD officials say total confirmed pertussis cases now 3 this academic year​
By Joey Klecka
Published: Sep. 8, 2024 at 4:52 PM AKDT|Updated: 21 hours ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Another case of whooping cough was confirmed Sunday in Anchorage schools as the infectious bacterial disease continues to crop up in Alaska.

The number of confirmed positive cases in Anchorage School District facilities is now three, with another three suspected cases, district officials say, after the first one was announced last week.

The district said the confirmed case affects Rabbit Creek Elementary School and Aquarian Charter School. The Anchorage School District Healthcare Services Department in Northeast Anchorage was also made aware of the most recent case.​..

...This year has seen a sharp increase in whooping cough cases. Through the end of August, the Alaska Department of Health had reported 215 cases, more than the previous six years combined — 163 cases going back to 2018.


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Alaska records 1st infant death from whooping cough, state health officials confirm

​Published: Sep. 11, 2024 at 8:06 PM CDT​
By Lauren Maxwell​

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska’s state health department confirmed that an infant has died from the ongoing pertussis — or whooping cough — epidemic that is currently sweeping Alaska.

Details about the child’s exact age or hometown are not being released to protect the family’s anonymity, although health officials say most of the current cases have been reported in Southcentral Alaska.

As of last Friday, the state has seen 234 cases of pertussis in 2024, the highest in the last nine years.

According to State Epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin, 70% have been in children under the age of 15 years old and 12% have been in infants. Of those infants, 45% have been hospitalized. ...

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2...hooping-cough-state-health-officials-confirm/
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