Wednesday, 24 July 2019

PRO/EDR> Pertussis update (08): Americas, Europe, Australia

Whooping Cough -- United States
California is currently experiencing a whooping cough [pertussis] epidemic, according to the California Department of Public Health. Public health officials said more than 800 new cases have been reported in the last 2 weeks.
Some 3458 cases of whooping cough had been reported to the health department this year as of June 10 2019 - more cases than were reported in all of 2013, according to department officials.
Health officials said whooping cough is cyclical and that cases peak every 3

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6584396&promed&0

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