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Whooping cough reports down in 2013
By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN / Reformer Staff
Updated: 02/27/2013 07:37:08 AM EST
Wednesday February 27, 2013
BRATTLEBORO -- The number of confirmed cases of whooping cough in Windham County, and across Vermont, has plummeted, and public health officials are crediting a statewide public information effort to increase vaccination rates for halting what the department called an epidemic last year.
There has been only one confirmed case of whooping cough, or pertussis, in Windham County in 2013, and across Vermont 42 cases have been confirmed since the beginning of the year.
During the same period last year there were 89 cases reported in Vermont, and in Windham County, during the entire year, seven cases were reported...
Whooping cough reports down in 2013
By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN / Reformer Staff
Updated: 02/27/2013 07:37:08 AM EST
Wednesday February 27, 2013
BRATTLEBORO -- The number of confirmed cases of whooping cough in Windham County, and across Vermont, has plummeted, and public health officials are crediting a statewide public information effort to increase vaccination rates for halting what the department called an epidemic last year.
There has been only one confirmed case of whooping cough, or pertussis, in Windham County in 2013, and across Vermont 42 cases have been confirmed since the beginning of the year.
During the same period last year there were 89 cases reported in Vermont, and in Windham County, during the entire year, seven cases were reported...