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Posts Tagged ‘whooping cough’

Lack of parents’ time, insurance, and trust leaves some Bay Area children unvaccinated

By Daniel Steiner | October 1, 2014 | 7

Local health officials are urging parents to immunize their children against pertussis—the scientific name for whooping cough—and other vaccine-preventable diseases. But that is a tall order in a region where some families still have limited access to healthcare, and more parents are filing Personal Belief Exemptions.

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Oakland schools move quickly to vaccinate students against whooping cough

By Byrhonda Lyons | October 7, 2011
kid getting a shot

Personal and automated phone calls, advertisements on the sides of local buses, and a team of school nurses have been working to spread the word throughout the Oakland school system about a new requirement for seventh through 12th graders—a vaccine against whooping cough.

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Whooping cough “epidemic” has officials urging vaccines for both kids and adults

By Abby Baird | September 9, 2010 | 2
Whooping Cough Clinic

With whooping cough cases pushing record levels, county school and public health officials are promoting vaccination both for children and adults–especially any adults who have contact with babies. Eight infants have died of whooping cough this year in California.

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