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Report: Docs Slow To Diagnose Whooping Cough In Deaths Of 8 Infants
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — An analysis of eight California whooping cough deaths shows doctors were slow to diagnose pertussis in the infants despite several visits to clinics and hospitals. Whooping Cough...
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Ninth Baby Dies From Whooping Cough
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California health officials say a ninth baby in the state has died from whooping cough. California Department of Public Health spokesman Ken August told the Los Angeles Times Tuesday...
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Whooping Cough Epidemic May Break 55-Year Record
LOS ANGELES (AP) — State health officials say California’s whooping cough epidemic is on track to break a 55-year record, with 4,017 infections and nine deaths statewide this year. Whooping cough is a...
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Some Seniors Denied Whooping Cough Vaccine
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Health officials are urging seniors to get a whooping cough vaccine because of California’s pertussis outbreak, but some elderly patients say doctors won’t inoculate them because...
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6,200 Cases Of Whooping Cough Reported In Calif.
SACRAMENTO (AP) — The California Department of Public Health says more than 6,200 Californians have been infected with whooping cough in the largest epidemic to strike the state since 1950. Updated...
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Whooping Cough Cases Double From Last Peak Year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twice as many cases of whooping cough have been diagnosed this year in California as compared to the last peak year in 2005. State health officials say more than 6,400 cases of the...
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SoCal Whooping Cough Cases Drop By Nearly Half
SAN DIEGO (CBS) —The number of reported cases of whooping cough in schools and other public areas has dropped significantly so far in 2011, county health officials said on Thursday. KNX 1070’s Tom...
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Health Officials Remind Parents To Get Kids Tdap Shot
RIVERSIDE (CBS) — Riverside County public health officials are reminding parents to get their children vaccinated against whooping cough over the summer break. A new law taking effect July 1 will...
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Several Students Required To Receive Whooping Cough Vaccine
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Several LAUSD students heading back to school Tuesday will be required to show proof that they received a whooping cough vaccination. A new state law mandates that all seventh...
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Study: More Higher Income Parents Opt Out Of Whooping Cough Vaccine
VAN NUYS (CBSLA.com) — A surge in whooping cough cases reported in California two years ago may be linked in part to parents’ refusal to vaccinate their children, according to a new study. KNX 1070’s...
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Whooping Cough Cases Spike Across California
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — It’s a sound no parent wants to hear — a child with whooping cough struggling to breathe. KNX1070’s Mike Landa reports the number of whooping cough cases statewide increased...
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Whooping Cough Cases On The Rise In Long Beach
LONG BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Health officials are encouraging Long Beach residents to get immunizations for whooping cough after a spike in cases across the city. Forty-two confirmed cases of the highly...
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Whooping Cough In California Soars To Epidemic Levels
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — The number of whooping cough cases in the Southland and throughout California has reached epidemic proportions, state health officials said Friday. The California...
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Sharp Rise In Whooping Cough Cases Reported In LA County
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — With the number of whooping-cough cases in California now at an epidemic level, health officials are reporting a sharp increase in the number of infections in Los Angeles...
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LAUSD To Offer Whooping Cough Booster Shot Clinics
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The school year is expected to start soon for many Los Angeles Unified School District students, which means that time is running out to receive the mandated T-dap booster...
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California Battling Its Worst Whooping Cough Epidemic In 70 Years
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is battling the worst whooping cough epidemic recorded in the state in seven decades. A total of 9,935 cases of whooping cough cases were reported to the California...
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