Whooping Cough — United States
Cases of whooping cough are affecting some Palo Alto [California] middle and high school students, prompting school officials to send students with any type of cough home and to the doctor for testing, a school district spokesman said this week.
The highly contagious disease, also called pertussis, has been confirmed in students at 3 schools: Jordan Middle School and Palo Alto and Gunn high schools. Students who have already been vaccinated have been confirmed with whooping cough,
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