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Whooping cough surfaces in Lincolnville
By Lynda Clancy | Jan 13, 2012
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Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has been diagnosed in one student at Lincolnville Central School and parents are being advised to pay attention to symptoms of illness their children may exhibit...
Whooping cough outbreak in Skowhegan
6:17 PM, May 14, 2012 |
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- The Maine Center for Disease Control has confirmed 55 cases of whooping cough in the state. Five of those cases are in Skowhegan which include a high school student and an elementary student...
Whooping Cough Cases on Rise in Maine
05/18/2012 Reported By: Patty B. Wight
The number of whooping cough cases is on the rise across the U.S. and in Maine. The disease, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection, and is particularly threatening to children under the age of one. In Maine, the increases were first seen in the northern part of the state, but now there are clusters in the south...
...n 2010, 53 cases of whooping cough were reported in Maine. Last year the number nearly quadrupled to 205. Maine State Epidemiologist Dr. Stephen Sears says so far this year, there have been 67 to 70 cases...
Whooping cough spreads in Maine; health officials urge child vaccination
Jackie Farwell, Bangor Daily News
Maine |
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 8:08 am
PORTLAND ? An infant recently arrived at Maine Medical Center in Portland coughing and vomiting uncontrollably. The diagnosis was whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory disease that?s breaking out in pockets across Maine.
Most of the 80 cases reported in a surge of whooping cough, or pertussis, in the state this year have struck middle school-aged children. In four cases, children under 6 months old were sickened...
SKOWHEGAN -- A spike in cases of the highly contagious disease whooping cough in Somerset County has health officials concerned about the upcoming summer camp season and organizing public vaccination clinics.
Dr. Stephen Sears, the state epidemiologist, said there were 41 reported cases of the disease in Somerset County, up from 33 the previous week...
Posted: 6:21 AM
Updated: 7:03 AM
Cases of whooping cough on upswing statewide
The disease is now being reported among men and women over 40, according to Dr. Sheila Pinette, director of the Maine CDC.
By Doug Harlow dharlow@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer
SKOWHEGAN ? The number of cases of the highly contagious disease whooping cough continues to rise statewide -- as do the ages of those affected...
...There have been 347 confirmed cases of whooping cough in Maine since January, up from 265 cases reported as of July 19, Pinette said. There were just 79 cases of the disease in Maine at this time last year, she said.
Of confirmed cases statewide, 17 people were in their 40s, four were in their 50s and five were 60 and older...
There have been a total of 633* confirmed and probable pertussis cases reported statewide through Nov 21, 2012 (MMWR week 47), compared to 189 reported cases in 2011 during the same period. *Additional cases may have occurred especially in the most recent weeks that are not included in this report. http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/
Portland, Maine
The Associated Press
Cases of whooping cough triple in Maine
Associated Press / December 21, 2012
State health officials said the number of reported cases of whooping cough more than tripled in Maine this year. There have been 701 cases so far in 2012, compared to 202 in the previous year...
