Whooping Cough Outbreak In The US - CA Pertussis Hotspot

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Just in case you haven't heard, there's some kind of pertussis (whooping cough) epidemic in California. I live in California, and I take public transportation everyday. Call me phobic, and folks are coughing all around me without covering their mouths. The news about pertussis peaking resonates with me, as I've noticed within my workplace, many folks with peculiar and long-lasting coughs.

Pertussis (Whooping Cough) – What You Need To Know - From the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  This has some great links to audio files of what whooping cough sounds like.

Here are some Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - Notes from the Field: Pertussis --- California, January--June 2010. 

If you're really into learning more, from a science and medicine perspective, read this interesting Science-Based Medicine blog post, Californians give a whoop – or I hope they do.

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