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Infant Dies of Whooping Cough

  • April 22, 2019

For the first time since 2007, a fatality related to whooping cough was announced in Orange County, California, this week. Health officials released a statement offering their condolences but withheld specific details about the infant’s death. Whooping cough, a highly contagious bacterial disease, is characterized by convulsive coughs followed by a “whooping” sound. More than 94 percent of kindergarten children have had four to five whooping cough, aka, pertussis,...