Whooping Cough

Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD

2013-05-15 00:00:00

If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...

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South L.A. health clinic draws hundreds

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The number of pertussis cases, otherwise known as whooping cough, are rising nationally, and cases locally in 2013 are up as well.

2013-02-26 07:58:00

A medical worker administers a Tdap (Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis) vaccine.

2012-10-24 12:44:18

More than 20,000 cases of whooping cough, a respiratory disease, were reported in the first seven months of the year in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2012-08-15 00:00:00