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Highly contagious whooping cough clusters found in teens across Los Angeles County
By Sandra Endo, FOX 11
Posted Feb 26 2019 08:54PM PST
Updated Feb 27 2019 11:32AM PST
LOS ANGELES (FOX 11) - Students arriving Wednesday morning at Harvard-Westlake School knew to be vigilant about warding off contagious germs. One student even wore a black mask over his mouth so he wouldn?t get sick.
Since November 2018, a total of 30 students across the school?s two campuses have come down with the whooping cough ? a highly contagious disease which may first seem like a respiratory infection or flu. Eventually, the sickness develops into a cough that sounds like a whoop.
One student said his friends who got sick were out of school for two weeks.
Los Angeles County health officials said they were monitoring three clusters of whooping cough cases across the area, specifically infecting ages 11 to 18 who share classrooms and carpools.
Overall cases have not increased over the last five years, but officials issued a health alert in the wake of the recent cases...
Highly contagious whooping cough clusters found in teens across Los Angeles County
By Sandra Endo, FOX 11
Posted Feb 26 2019 08:54PM PST
Updated Feb 27 2019 11:32AM PST
LOS ANGELES (FOX 11) - Students arriving Wednesday morning at Harvard-Westlake School knew to be vigilant about warding off contagious germs. One student even wore a black mask over his mouth so he wouldn?t get sick.
Since November 2018, a total of 30 students across the school?s two campuses have come down with the whooping cough ? a highly contagious disease which may first seem like a respiratory infection or flu. Eventually, the sickness develops into a cough that sounds like a whoop.
One student said his friends who got sick were out of school for two weeks.
Los Angeles County health officials said they were monitoring three clusters of whooping cough cases across the area, specifically infecting ages 11 to 18 who share classrooms and carpools.
Overall cases have not increased over the last five years, but officials issued a health alert in the wake of the recent cases...