Whooping cough outbreak hits five counties
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An outbreak of whooping cough has spread to five Chicago-area counties, state health officials said Thursday. Since April 1, 362 cases have been reported, including 133 in McHenry County, 102 in Cook, 57 in Lake, 51 in Kane and 19 in Will.
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A reported boom in U.S. whooping cough cases is now being questioned after health officials discovered a regularly used lab test misdiagnosed cases in suspected outbreaks in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Tennessee.
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According to Dorchester County Health Department Communicable Disease Director, Lisa Lee CRNP, &quot;We are unable to schedule flu clinics at this time, due to the recent notification of a major flu vaccine shortage.
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County health officials have scheduled four flu vaccination clinics Friday for seniors and others with high-risk medical conditions.
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SARASOTA -- The Sarasota County Health Department has set up a series of flu clinics to distribute an additional 20,000 doses of adult flu vaccine to high-risk residents.
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Approximately 10,000 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, were reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2003.
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The Monterey County Health Department has announced that the State Department of Health Services will provide Monterey County with 8,500 additional doses of influenza vaccine.
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People 50 and older will be able to get flu shots next week from Sangamon County&#39;s two public health departments. The Springfield and Sangamon County departments of public health are expanding the groups of
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U.N. and Afghan medics were airlifted to a remote province in central Afghanistan to vaccinate children against whooping cough after 25 youngsters died of the infectious disease, officials said Monday.
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The Jefferson County Department of Health will begin making flu shot appointments Monday for Thursday and Friday, 8 am to 4 pm Shots will be available only to people in high-risk categories: children 6-23 months; adults 65 and older; anyone older than 2
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Health officials released a warning to all Fairfax county schools Friday to watch for signs of whooping Cough amongst school children after several students
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Nearly 1,000 people at high risk of getting the flu called a county phone bank yesterday to register for flu shots.
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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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Fairfax County health officials warned principals at all county public schools yesterday to be on the lookout for students or staff with symptoms of whooping cough after several students were
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NEW YORK  - The Society for Adolescent  Medicine is urging parents to be aware that their teen's runny  nose, watery eyes, and nagging cough may signal whooping cough,  or pertussis.
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Following two cases of suspected whooping cough at Lincoln Elementary School in Simpson County, the Barren County District Health Department has issued a medical advisory for the school.
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The Huntsville-Madison County health department will receive 4,520 doses of vaccine from the state on Monday and plans flu shot clinics next week for people at high risk of health problems