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Sunday, July 22, 2012

How to Protect Kids From Whooping Cough Outbreaks

Whooping cough was once a terrible menace to U.S. children, with hundreds of thousands of cases reported annually. Then a vaccine drove cases down, and the illness became thought of as rare and even antiquated.

But it never totally disappeared, and now there's been a spike in cases.

With nearly 18,000 cases so far this year, health officials say this is shaping up to be the worst national epidemic in more than 50 years for the highly contagious disease.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stop illegal immigration and their diseases.

Anonymous said...

When the spanish invaded the Incas of South America back in time and brought diseases with them killing off most the Incas.

This time the shoe is on the other foot.

Anonymous said...

That's what the Native Indians said about us. It didn't work then either.