OK: 2010 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://newsok.com/pertussis-outbreak-stirs-call-for-immunizations/article/3518510

Whooping cough outbreak prompts Oklahoma to call for immunizations

A whooping cough outbreak that has sickened 66 people in Oklahoma, has health officials calling for people to get vaccinated.

BY SONYA COLBERG Oklahoman
Published: November 27, 2010

A national whooping cough outbreak that federal officials are calling the worst in 50 years has struck at least 66 Oklahomans, prompting health officials to urge people to get vaccinations...

 

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Re: OK: 2010 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://pryordailytimes.com/local/x713541934/Whooping-cough-not-wiped-out

December 3, 2010
Whooping cough not wiped out
Staff Writer Susan Wagoner

...According to the Mayes County Health Department, there have been 84 confirmed and probable cases of the cough, called pertussis, in Oklahoma this year. Mayes County has had one so far in 2010. Last year, the state had 117 confirmed and probable cases. Again, Mayes County had one...