Whooping Cough — United States
The Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health in mid-February [20176] reported an increase in cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, particularly among adolescents, with more than 20 cases since [1 Jan 2016]. As Dutchess County’s Director of Communicable Disease Control Linda Squires says, the number then continued to rise.
“From between [1 Jan 2016] through the current date, we’ve had a total of 47 confirmed cases of pertussis but, fortunately, we are seeing a
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