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Timberline High School told parents Friday that children may have been exposed to whooping cough, or pertussis, at school after reports of “a couple” confirmed cases. (Sarah A. Miller/smiller ...
Cases of whooping cough have emerged at Loveland Elementary, Oak Hills High, and UC. Data shows that the illness is returning to pre-pandemic levels Loveland City Schools reports whooping cough ...
Minnetonka schools are warning parents about cases of whooping cough that have popped up across the district. Students at Minnetonka High School and Minnetonka Middle School West have been ...
On Tuesday, parents of Lexington’s Paul Laurence Dunbar High School students were notified of a case of whooping cough at that school amid the city’s outbreak of the disease, pushing the total ...
Whitefish Bay High School is on alert for potential cases of whooping cough. In letters to the school's parents and staff on April 18, April 22 and April 25, district nurse Allison Heisler said ...
The Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) is a law in Ontario, Canada, that requires children and adolescents under the age of 18 to receive certain vaccinations to attend primary and secondary school unless a valid exemption is provided, which includes medical, religious, and conscience exemptions.
Whooping cough (/ ˈ h uː p ɪ ŋ / or / ˈ w uː p ɪ ŋ /), also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. [1] [10] Initial symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough, but these are followed by two or three months of severe coughing fits. [1]
Last month, local health officials said they saw a massive increases in cases of pertussis over last year.