Whooping Cough: Still Lurking

The 3 year old girl sat quietly on the exam table as her mom described her symptoms.  “A couple of weeks ago she had what just seemed like a cold.  Then she developed a little cough.  But day by day it’s just gotten worse and worse.  She’ll seem fine in between...

Can I catch that?

Did you know that for every case of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, that 17 susceptible people will contract the disease. That’s the same rate as measles. Influenza only infects 1-3 susceptible people per case. Consider updating your pertussis...