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FORT MITCHELL, Ky. Northern Kentucky is on course to surpass the number of whooping cough cases reported in the region over the last six years.
The region's district health director, Dr. Steven R. Katkowsky, says 20 cases were reported since January, putting the region on pace to have more than 100 cases this year. Katkowsky says more than half the cases were in children 1 year old or younger.
Northern Kentucky averaged 25 cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, from 2003-2009.
Katkowsky is recommending that parents of young children make sure that their child has been vaccinated for whooping cough.
Whooping Cough Cases up 226 Percent in n. Ky.
By AP_Exchange
Published: November 8, 2010
Updated: November 8, 2010
EDGEWOOD, Ky. (AP) Health officials in northern Kentucky say there's been a big increase in the number of whooping cough cases this year in that area as well as around the U.S.
Since January, 111 cases of pertussis have been reported to the Northern Kentucky Health Department. That's up 226 percent from last year. The average is 18 to 34 reported cases a year...
Whooping cough worries health officials in region
The Courier-Journal ? November 22, 2010
Whooping cough continues to rise in Northern Kentucky, and is a significant problem in Indiana.
According to the Kentucky Department for Public Health, there have been 126 cases so far this year, as of Nov. 18, in the Northern Kentucky Area Development District, compared with 36 in all of 2009...
