Pertussis News

Rikki Skiffington, public health nurse and communicable disease co-ordinator for the health region, holds up the pertussis booster vaccine.

This is the time of year when people come down with different types of acute illnesses.

The Baldwin County Health Department has notified parents of Spanish Fort High School students that a case of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough and highly contagious, has been confirmed in the school.

Parents of Ellis School students were informed this week that one youngster there has been diagnosed with pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

Death serves as a reminder of vaccination importance. The Hawk Eye An unidentified young child in southeast Iowa has died of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.

Date Posted: September 9th, 2009 Written by jillboomer Category: Health Department , News Two cases of pertussis have been confirmed in Jersey County in the last two weeks To compare, the county generally sees 1-4 cases per year.

H1N1 isn't the only virus impacting Pottawatomie county these days. Two cases have been reported, although no new cases have been reported in several days.

Ventura County Health Department officials are investigating whether the four recent confirmed cases of whooping cough in the county are linked to 11 reported cases in Santa Barbara County.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has identified eight confirmed cases of pertussis in South Santa Barbara County from June 1 to June 25.

Dickinson County Health Department is following the guidance provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in conducting disease investigation and management of all case contacts.

The Mount Sinai School District has informed parents that an elementary school student in the district had symptoms of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, since late May.

Officials with the Wayne County Health Department in Fairfield confirmed two cases this week.

Special to the Daily Herald Bell County public health officials said Thursday that there are seven cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in the county.

A recent visitor to Rolling Acres Elementary who had been in "close contact" with children later tested positive for the contagious infection commonly known as "whooping cough," according to a letter sent home with students on Friday.