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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

How California state law helps whooping cough spread

July 26, 2010, 12:05 AM
Two quirks in California law run counter to the efforts of public health officials who are hoping to put a lid on the rapidly spreading whooping cough epidemic in the state. California is one of 11 states that do not require children to get a booster when they enter middle school, which is... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Are 10,000 kindergartners driving whooping cough epidemic?

July 20, 2010, 12:05 AM
Seven of the 12 California counties with the highest whooping cough rates also have above average rates of kindergarten students showing up to school with "personal-belief" vaccine waivers, a California Watch review of state data shows. The state’s emerging whooping cough... + read more
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