PA: 2015 Whooping cough

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Source: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/Souderton-School-Whooping-Cough-Outbreak-296789861.html


School Explains 'Outbreak' After 5 Students Come Down With Whooping Cough
By Dan Stamm

A Montgomery County school district continued its fight against whooping cough after the community was put on alert after five high school students came down with pertussis.

Two Souderton Area High School ninth graders came down with the highly-contagious disease in recent weeks ? county health officials determined one case on March 2 and the other on March 11. Three other students also tested positive for the disease, said the district...

 

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Source: http://www.yorkdispatch.com/breakin...ugh-outbreak-reported-at-catholic-school-york

Whooping cough outbreak reported at Catholic school in York City
GREG GROSS / The York Dispatch
Posted: 03/27/2015 05:27:02 PM EDT | Updated: 3 min. ago

York City health officials say there has been an outbreak of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, among students at a Catholic school in the city.

Three students at St. Patrick Catholic School, 235 S. Beaver St., have tested positive for the ailment, and tests on additional student are pending, according to a Friday press release issued by the York City Bureau of Health...

 

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Source: http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/ar...urban_life/news/doc552e6ac55789d248695470.txt


Eight cases of whooping cough confirmed at Radnor schools
Published: Friday, April 17, 2015
By Tim Logue

Parents in the Radnor Township School District are on the lookout for whooping cough symptoms in the wake of eight confirmed cases at two schools...

 

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Source: http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/8316942-74/cough-district-health#axzz3ZUqC3Jsh

Whooping cough cases confirmed in 2 Hempfield schools
By The Tribune-Review
Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Updated 18 hours ago


Hempfield Area School District sent a letter to parents Wednesday to confirm three cases of whooping cough at the high school and West Hempfield Middle Schoo...