WA health secretary updates pertussis outbreak
Monday, April 2, 2012
SHORELINE, Wash. (AP) -- The Washington Health Department is responding to an outbreak of hundreds of cases of whooping cough that's on a pace to set a record number this year in the state.
Health Secretary Mary Selecky is holding a news conference Tuesday at a state laboratory in Shoreline to update the numbers, raise awareness among health care providers and tell families that the pertussis vaccine is the best prevention.
The disease -- known for coughing fits with a whooping sound -- is most dangerous for infants. Four have died in the previous two years in Washington.
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