St. Joseph sees most whooping cough cases in Indiana
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A John Young Middle School student is the 17th person in St. Joseph County to be diagnosed with whooping cough this year. Wayne Staggs, an epidemiologist with the Indiana State Department of Health, said St.
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A 39-year-old Douglas County resident has the flu. The Douglas County Health Department ran confirmation tests on cultures Tuesday.
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VALPARAISO | Porter County Health Department officials announced they have 250 doses of flu vaccine for clinics today in Valparaiso and Monday in Portage.
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Today could be your last shot at a flu shot from the Allegheny County Health Department -- at least for now. The county&#39;s flu vaccine clinic reopens this morning
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Most of the chronically ill people who asked to be vaccinated in Hawai&#39;i have received flu shots this year, state officials said yesterday.
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By Maria Glod, Washington Post Staff Writer  Virginia students starting sixth grade this year must receive a new booster vaccine to protect against whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory disease characterized by a persistent, sometimes wrenching cough.
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NEW YORK  - Adolescents and some adults  should be revaccinated against pertussis, also known as  "whopping cough," to decrease the risk of transmission to  infants, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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Three hospital outbreaks of whooping cough occurred in 2003 among healthcare workers and patients, officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
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The state is seeking help from the federal government to determine which areas of Michigan have been hit hardest by an unexpected shortage of flu vaccine.
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NEW YORK  - In a 2003-2004 outbreak of whooping cough in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, most cases were diagnosed in adolescents, although adults had more severe disease, public health officials report in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine for January.
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Anyone who thought this flu season wasn&#39;t going to be a mess need only see the hordes of area residents who turned out at the First Presbyterian Church in Mansfield on Tuesday morning.
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Burlington County&#39;s share of the more than 340,000 doses of flu vaccine that will be sent to New Jersey by the end of the year will be distributed to private physicians throughout the county, health officials said.
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The number of mumps cases in DuPage County has increased to 63 this year, with 40 cases confirmed at Wheaton College, health officials said Friday. Medical professionals in this suburban Chicago county normally see only three cases per year and are now wondering when the outbreak will end.
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County health officials received promised flu vaccine from the state this week and now can offer shot clinics to seniors and others at risk of complications from influenza.
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Bucks County&#39;s health director said Wednesday that flu shots will be made available to high-risk residents at three clinics to be held in the coming weeks, including one in Quakertown.
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About 6,000 to 8,000 doses of influenza vaccine will be available this month to St. Louis County residents who are considered to be at high risk of catching the flu.
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After several years under the public health radar, whooping cough is making a comeback in New York. The number of New Yorkers affected by the highly contagious respiratory illness