Our Best Defense against Whooping Cough
by Marissa Camilon, MD 2011 | camilon@myhousecallmd.com
Outbreak? What outbreak?
You may have seen the commercials and heard the rumors. It’s true. In California, we are in the middle of an “outbreak” of Whooping cough. On August 24, 2010 the California Department of Health reported a 7-fold increase in the number of cases of Whooping cough over the past year. This puts California at the highest number of cases in the past 52 years. With that being said, this is a big deal for Californians and a potential “big deal” for the rest of the country.
