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Source: http://www.silive.com/southshore/index.ssf/2012/01/whooping_cough_surfaces_on_sta.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Pertussis ? more commonly known as whooping cough ? can cause weeks of breathless coughing fits ? and spreads very quickly. But word of confirmed cases at Tottenville High School didn?t spread so quickly this week.
At first, the city Health Department instructed the school to notify parents of only certain students about cases of pertussis there, Principal John Tuminaro said. The department decided only yesterday afternoon to notify the entire school...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Pertussis ? more commonly known as whooping cough ? can cause weeks of breathless coughing fits ? and spreads very quickly. But word of confirmed cases at Tottenville High School didn?t spread so quickly this week.
At first, the city Health Department instructed the school to notify parents of only certain students about cases of pertussis there, Principal John Tuminaro said. The department decided only yesterday afternoon to notify the entire school...