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  • New Brunswick, Canada: 2012 Whooping cough cases

    Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-br...unization.html

    Whooping cough immunization urged
    CBC News
    Posted: Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM AT
    Last Updated: Jan 25, 2012 11:46 AM AT

    New Brunswick health officials are encouraging people to get immunized against pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

    The highly contagious bacterial infection has now been confirmed at two schools in the province ? Forest Hills Elementary School in Saint John and Riverview Middle School in Moncton...

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    Re: New Brunswick, Canada: 2012 Whooping cough cases

    Source: http://www.sackvilletribunepost.com/...ugh-outbreak/1

    Published on February 29, 2012
    Published on February 29, 2012
    Staff ~ The Sackville Tribune Post RSS Feed

    FREDERICTON, NB - New Brunswick is currently experiencing an outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis)...

    ...Forty-seven cases of whooping cough have been confirmed in the province. Most affected individuals are in the 9-14 age group. The majority of cases have been reported in the Moncton and Saint John areas...

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      Re: New Brunswick, Canada: 2012 Whooping cough cases

      Source: http://www.mysask.com/portal/site/ma...tte.cachetoken


      Number of whooping cough cases double in New Brunswick in last month
      The Canadian Press
      Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:17:00 CST


      FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health says reported cases of whooping cough in the province have doubled in the last month.

      Eilish Cleary says to date there are 100 reported cases, an increase of 53 since the outbreak was announced at the end of February.

      Cleary says the outbreak has mainly hit the southern and eastern areas of the province...

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        Re: New Brunswick, Canada: 2012 Whooping cough cases

        Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...umberland.html

        Whooping cough outbreak confirmed in Cumberland County
        CBC News
        Posted: Jun 9, 2012 12:34 PM AT
        Last Updated: Jun 9, 2012 3:57 PM AT

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        ...New Brunswick health officials are currently dealing with a significant outbreak of whooping cough, with 370 cases reported as of last month. The cases are concentrated in Moncton and to the Nova Scotia border.

        The province began a vaccination campaign in May when the outbreak was first discovered. Thousands of students in Moncton and Saint John were given shots, and New Brunswick intends to vaccinate children in more communities when school starts up again in the fall...

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          Re: New Brunswick, Canada: 2012 Whooping cough cases

          Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-br...eases-535.html

          Whooping cough cases double in New Brunswick
          Outbreak began in May and spread to Nova Scotia
          CBC News
          Posted: Jun 30, 2012 5:49 PM AT
          Last Updated: Jun 30, 2012 8:15 PM AT

          An outbreak of pertussis, also known as whopping cough, has doubled in New Brunswick since last month.

          So far this year, 892 people have been diagnosed with whooping cough in the province. The vast majority of the cases ? 45 per cent ? are in Health Region 1, which includes the Moncton area.

          The outbreak crossed the border into Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. A few cases were reported there at the beginning of June...

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            Re: New Brunswick, Canada: 2012 Whooping cough cases

            Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-br...unization.html


            Whooping cough outbreak declared over
            Immunization program helped end largest outbreak to ever hit New Brunswick
            CBC News
            Posted: May 1, 2013 2:08 PM AT
            Last Updated: May 1, 2013 3:01 PM AT

            The largest whooping cough outbreak to ever hit New Brunswick is over, health officials announced on Wednesday.

            ?Reported cases of whooping cough have diminished greatly in the past weeks," Dr. Eilish Cleary, the province's chief medical officer of health, stated in a release.

            She credited the decline, in part, to a province-wide immunization program launched last year...

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