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Montana: 2013 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://www.kaj18.com/news/anaconda-plagued-by-whooping-cough-chicken-pox/

Anaconda plagued by whooping cough, chicken pox

Posted: Jan 23, 2013 7:27 PM by Katy Harris - MTN News
Updated: Jan 23, 2013 7:28 PM

ANACONDA - Anaconda Deer Lodge Health Department staff have contacted over 100 people to warn that they may have been exposed to pertussis, or whooping cough. So far, officials have confirmed four cases of the illness in teen students.

The Anaconda Deer Lodge Public Health Director Heidi Nielsen said it takes hours to notify everyone who's come into contact with an infected person...
 
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Source: http://www.kbzk.com/news/anaconda-sees-5th-whooping-cough-case/

Anaconda sees 5th "Whooping Cough" case
Posted: Jan 24, 2013 7:12 PM by Katy Harris KXLF News
Updated: Jan 24, 2013 7:20 PM


ANACONDA- No cases of Pertussis or Whooping Cough have been reported in Silver Bow County, but another case has popped up in Anaconda.

5 people have now been confirmed to carry the illness in Anaconda.
This newest case is in a 13 year old student...
 
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Source: http://www.kpax.com/news/pertussis-cases-increasing-in-anaconda/

Pertussis cases increasing in Anaconda

Posted: Jan 29, 2013 7:48 AM by MTN News - Butte
Updated: Jan 29, 2013 7:48 AM

ANACONDA - Local health officials have confirmed 11 causes of whooping cough, according to Anaconda-Deer Lodge Pubic Health Department Director Heidi Nielson.

Nearly 300 people have been exposed to the illness in Anaconda, according to Nielson, and on Monday more test results were sent to the state health department...
 
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Source: http://billingsgazette.com/news/sta...cle_5f686540-9df8-5caf-895e-5eae04d05860.html


Butte sees 1st case of whooping cough; 22 reported in Anaconda
6 hours ago ? PIPER HAUGAN Montana Standard

BUTTE ? Butte-Silver Bow County on Wednesday recorded its first official case of pertussis this year, while neighboring Anaconda-Deer Lodge County saw its numbers rise.

The disease, commonly known as whooping cough, was diagnosed on a person at Butte High School, county health officials said.

In Anaconda, four new cases were confirmed Wednesday after more than 40 tests were administered, bumping the county's total to 22, said county health department director Linda Best...
 
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Source: http://www.kaj18.com/news/more-whooping-cough-reported-in-flathead-co-/


More whooping cough reported in Flathead Co.
Posted: Feb 3, 2013 7:56 AM by Laura Wilson - KAJ News

KALISPELL - Local health officials report that whooping cough is on the rise in Flathead County.

Seven new cases of pertussis have been confirmed at Flathead, Glacier, and Columbia Falls high schools over the last two weeks...
 
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Source: http://www.kpax.com/news/more-whooping-cough-cases-reported-in-anaconda/

More whooping cough cases reported in Anaconda

Posted: Feb 6, 2013 8:52 AM by MTN News - Butte
Updated: Feb 6, 2013 8:52 AM

ANACONDA - Officials at the health department in Anaconda say that whooping cough is still spreading.

Officials confirmed 27 cases of pertussis in Anaconda on Tuesday. Those cases are mostly within the Anaconda school system, according to Linda Best, acting director of the public health department in Anaconda...
 
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Source: http://mtstandard.com/news/local/se...cle_a4a3042a-765c-11e2-bd1b-001a4bcf887a.html


Second case of whooping cough confirmed
10 hours ago ? By Piper Haugan of The Montana Standard

A second case of pertussis ? also called whooping cough ? has been reported in Butte, bringing the county?s total to two.

Karen Maloughney, public health nurse for the Butte-Silver Bow County Health Department, told The Montana Standard on Wednesday evening that the second case of pertussis was confirmed at Butte High School late Tuesday...
 
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Source: http://helenair.com/news/local/emer...11e2-b074-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true


Emergency health team to meet about whooping cough outbreak
11 hours ago ? By AL KNAUBER Independent Record

The Lewis and Clark City-County Health Department is planning a meeting of its health emergency team to talk about the rise in whooping cough cases since February.

Mike Henderson, a registered nurse who is also the administrator of the communicable disease control and prevention office for the Health Department, said on Wednesday that the 42 cases of pertussis represent a chronic, low-level outbreak...
 
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Source: http://www.kaj18.com/news/montana-health-official-urges-pertussis-awareness/#_

Montana health official urges pertussis awareness
Posted: Apr 12, 2013 9:02 AM by Evan Weborg - MTN News

HELENA - The Lewis & Clark City-County Health Department has reported 50 cases of pertussis since February.

The whooping outbreak ranges in age from two to 54 years, but most of the cases have been seen in teenagers...
 
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Source: http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/health/article_a6477ad6-b37e-11e2-9d96-001a4bcf887a.html

County checking on a few whooping cough cases
GAIL SCHONTZLER, Chronicle Staff Writer
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:20 pm

Several people in a local household with a teenager at Bozeman High School have come down with whooping cough, so a limited number of students who have been in close contact are being advised to see their doctors...
 
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Source: http://helenair.com/news/state-and-...cle_8368f797-c455-526c-9ac0-1d46ae9b6e5e.html


Montana has high number of whooping cough cases
6 hours ago

The state health department says an unusually high number of whooping cough cases continue to be reported in Montana.

The Department of Public Health and Human Services says more than 265 cases have been reported since the beginning of the year, with the vast majority among school-aged children...
 
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Source: http://www.kpax.com/news/8th-whooping-cough-case-confirmed-in-butte/


8th whooping cough case confirmed in Butte
Posted: Jul 1, 2013 6:30 PM by MTN News - Butte
Updated: Jul 1, 2013 9:56 PM


BUTTE - Local health officials say that another case of whooping cough was confirmed on Friday.

The Butte Silver Bow Health Department has now confirmed eight whooping cough, or pertussis, cases since June 5...
 
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Source: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/news/helena/38566-whooping-cough-cases-on-the-rise.html

Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise
By Luba Solonenko 22 hours 25 minutes ago
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Officials with the Lewis and Clark City-County Health Department say cases of whooping cough have been on the rise for the past few years, and are encouraging people to get vaccinated...

Public Health Nurse Karen Dobson says there have been 80 cases in the county so far this year, up from about 50 all year in 2012...
 
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Source: http://www.kaj18.com/news/flathead-pertussis-cases-on-the-rise/


Flathead pertussis cases on the rise
Posted: Aug 29, 2013 4:19 PM by Laura Wilson - KAJ News

KALISPELL - The Flathead City-County Health Department is still reporting cases of the whooping cough in Flathead County.

During a health board meeting earlier this month, it was revealed that 2500 and 25 cases of pertussis were reported between June of 2012 and May of this year--that's an average of nearly 19 cases a month...
 
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Source: http://www.libertycountytimes.net/n...cle_37bed486-1b2c-11e3-82bb-001a4bcf887a.html

Whooping Cough invades Liberty County
Posted: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:50 pm
By Karla Kulpas, RN Liberty County Public Health nurse

I?m sure that many of you have heard by now that we have several cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in our county. That?s not really too surprising since Montana has documented well over 500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, most of which were in Flathead and Lewis & Clark counties. (The record was 586 cases in the year 2005.)...
 
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Source: http://www.ahherald.com/newsbrief/monmouth-news/16260-mumps-investigation-continues,-d-jais-reopens


Whooping cough cases confirmed at Missoula high school
Posted: Sep 12, 2013 9:17 AM by KPAX News Staff
Updated: Sep 12, 2013 10:26 AM

MISSOULA - A pair of pertussis cases have been confirmed at Sentinel High School.

Parents were notified Tuesday in an alert that two students had whooping cough, and were being treated...
 
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Source: http://www.kpax.com/news/flathead-whooping-cough-may-have-stemmed-from-adults/#_

Flathead whooping cough may have stemmed from adults
Posted: Oct 15, 2013 7:02 PM by Dax VanFossen - KAJ News
Updated: Oct 15, 2013 7:07 PM

...Flathead County Health Department Director Joe Russell says there are seven confirmed cases of pertussis in Flathead County. Those seven cases include one high school student, a middle school student, four adults and an 18 month-old...
 
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