Virginia: 2014 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://www.wset.com/story/24808757/whooping-cough-cases-increasing


Whooping Cough Cases Increasing
Posted: Feb 24, 2014 4:49 PM EST
By Katie Brooke - email

Lynchburg, VA - More and more cases of whooping cough are turning up in the Lynchburg area.

Just Monday morning, a local school put up a sign warning that a parent of a child that attends came down with the illness.

The Lynchburg Health Department says they have seen an outbreak of Pertussis, or whooping cough, since November.

There are cases in every age group from infants to the elderly, but officials say more often than not it's adults that spread the disease...

 

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Re: Virginia: 2014 Whooping cough cases

Source: http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/ne...2/virginia-whooping-cough-pertussis/10373301/

Va. Shore warned of whooping cough
Carol Vaughn, DelmarvaNow 12:45 p.m. EDT June 12, 2014

The Eastern Shore Health District and health care professionals throughout the Eastern Shore are urging residents to get vaccinated in the wake of an upsurge in cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, since late May.

?We had the first case ? that was in an infant ? and it quickly swelled to 10, and now we have 15 active investigations,? said Dr. David O. Matson, director of the health district.

In comparison, only three cases of pertussis were diagnosed on the Eastern Shore in 2012 and one case was identified in 2013...