Public Health Madison & Dane County is alerting the community about an outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough. In the last 8 weeks there have been 43 cases in Dane County, primarily affecting teenagers.
“Vaccines have made cases of pertussis rare, in fact we go many months out of the year without a single case, so to see these kinds of numbers is significant and we are u...
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