OR: 2013 Whooping cough cases

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Whooping cough hits CB schools
4 hours ago ? By Tim Novotny, The World

NORTH BEND ? Four confirmed cases of a contagious respiratory infection in local schools have health officials scrambling to keep it in check.

The Coos County Public Health Department says an outbreak of pertussis, also known as whooping cough for the distinctive sound made by those who have it, has been found in children attending Millicoma and Blossom Gulch schools in Coos Bay...

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Disease
Officials keep an eye on whooping cough cases
By Randi Bjornstad
The Register-Guard
Published: 12:00 a.m., April 22

So far this month, four cases of whooping cough have been diagnosed in Lane County, and while that may not sound like much, ?Even one is a lot,? said Jason Davis, spokesman for the Lane County Department of Health and Human Services.

That?s because for every single case of the malady more accurately called pertussis , as many as 16 more people are likely to be exposed, Davis said...

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Source: http://www.kajo.com/news/local/stori...t_from=&ucat=2

Three New Cases of Pertussis in Grants Pass

Josephine County Public Health has confirmed three new positive cases of Pertussis, commonly known was whooping cough, in the city of Grants Pass. All three cases are people from the same workplace.

These three bring the total number of cases in Josephine County to 22 this calendar year. In 2012 there were a total of three...

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Pertussis Outbreak Declared
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:33 am

From a press release

Klamath County has observed an increase in pertussis (Whooping Cough) since the end of May among Klamath County?s pediatric population, according to a county health department press release.

Eleven children and adolescents, age ranged from 2 through 15 have been diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed pertussis. We believe in consultation with the Oregon Public Health Division that this is a community-wide outbreak and at a minimum there is on-going transmission of pertussis in Klamath County...

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Whooping cough on the rise
Health officials warn that the highly contagious disease can cause serious respiratory problems for babies
By Jack Moran
The Register-Guard
Published: 12:00 a.m., July 27


At least 15 children have been treated for whooping cough already this month in Lane County, with public health officials working to determine whether the youths became infected as part of an emerging local outbreak...

...Statistics kept by Lane County show that local cases of whooping cough ? also known as pertussis ? appeared to be on the rise even before spiking in recent weeks. A total of 42 cases have been reported in the county this year. That doesn?t include an unspecified number of reports from Thursday and Friday, county public health spokesman Jason Davis said...

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Source: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201...hington-Oregon

Published: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 1:26 p.m.
Whooping cough cases decrease in Washington, Oregon
Associated Press

...Oregon had 910 cases in 2012, but through July of this year, only 314 cases had been reported, according to state health officials.Michele M. Larsen of the March of Dimes Greater Oregon Chapter said families need to continue their vigilance about the pertussis vaccine for infants and adults even as the numbers are decreasing. ..

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Marion County whooping cough cases reach 45
Sep. 5, 2013 11:52 AM |

...In 2012, there were 902 reports of pertussis in Oregon, more than any previous year since 2004, according to the health department. Twenty-six infants were hospitalized due to pertussis in Oregon in 2012; 21 of those were three months of age and younger.

So far this year, the Marion County Health Department has received 45 reports of pertussis. In 2013, there was a total of 50...

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Source: http://www.kptv.com/story/23896352/t...whooping-cough


TriMet notifies Portlanders after bus driver diagnosed with whooping cough
Posted: Nov 06, 2013 3:32 PM EST Updated: Nov 06, 2013 3:39 PM EST
By FOX 12 Staff - email

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -

Doctors diagnosed a TriMet bus driver with whooping cough, leading the Portland transit agency to issue a media alert notifying Portlanders in case they have concerns about the illness.

The bus driver drove the No. 10 route from 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. That route starts at Foster and 94th Avenue, winds through southeast Portland, crosses the Hawthorne Bridge and finishes in downtown Portland, as well as the reverse of those directions...