Whooping Cough -- United States
The number of whooping cough cases in Labette County has grown to 6, with 2 more suspected cases awaiting test results, so the Kansas Department of Health and Environment [KDHE] considers it an outbreak.
An outbreak is seeing more cases of a certain illness than health care professionals would on a normal day, so Public Health of Labette County administrator Debbi Baugher said one case of whooping cough, or pertussis, could be considered an outbreak. But with the potential for 8 cases in
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