Whooping Cough -- Australia
There has been a spike in whooping cough (pertussis) cases in the Top End, prompting the Northern Territory's Department of Health to extend its alert. Official figures show infection rates for the potentially fatal disease doubled since 2015, with 165 cases confirmed in the state since January 2016. Almost 90 percent of those infected have been in the Palmerston and Darwin areas.
Dr Rosalind Webby from the NT Centre for Disease Control said while the rise was not connected to a drop in
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