Two more cases have been confirmed.
Two more cases of whooping cough have been confirmed in North Kingstown, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health. The newest confirmations bring the number of students diagnosed with the whooping cough (also known as pertussis) to eight in town. According to WPRI, that brings the total to 35 across the state in this year alone. Officials from the Department of Health are urging children and adults to get vaccinated against the illness. The state is holding a vaccination clinic at the high school on Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. Reported cases of whooping cough across the country have nearly doubled in 2012 in what the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is calling the worst year for pertussis in five decades. According to the Huffington…
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Six cases have been confirmed in North Kingstown schools.
Six North Kingstown students have officially been diagnosed with whooping cough, according to the Providence Journal. The Health Department announced that six cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis) have been confirmed in students from three North Kingstown schools. According to the department, the group includes four students from Stony Lane Elementary School, one from Davisville Middle School and another from Hamilton Elementary School. School closed in the district in June 19, but the first case was confirmed July 2. According to the Journal, the outbreak is unusual "because Rhode Island typically sees single cases of whooping cough," and roughly only 60 per year. The Health Department has scheduled a community vaccination …
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Petey
6:26 am on Sunday, July 22, 2012
The debate here was about taking your child to ER vs doc when they are sick with possible pertussis. At this point, it's too late for some, as they have the cough and are spreading it. Having a vaccination clinic for the masses is the best idea yet. more ›