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HEALTH -- August 24, 2012 at 6:35 PM EDT
Whooping Cough Outbreak: CDC Answers Your Questions
By: Jason Kane
For a disease that many Americans believe disappeared long ago, the numbers are staggering.
More than 21,000 cases of whooping cough have been reported this year nationwide, claiming 13 lives -- all babies. Washington state has declared an epidemic. And throughout much of the rest of the nation, the outbreaks have been worse than at any point in the last half-century.
After this week's NewsHour series on the resurgence of the disease, you had questions --- lots of them. As promised, we've had them answered by Dr. Tom Clark, a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Find his responses to 20 of them below...
HEALTH -- August 24, 2012 at 6:35 PM EDT
Whooping Cough Outbreak: CDC Answers Your Questions
By: Jason Kane
For a disease that many Americans believe disappeared long ago, the numbers are staggering.
More than 21,000 cases of whooping cough have been reported this year nationwide, claiming 13 lives -- all babies. Washington state has declared an epidemic. And throughout much of the rest of the nation, the outbreaks have been worse than at any point in the last half-century.
After this week's NewsHour series on the resurgence of the disease, you had questions --- lots of them. As promised, we've had them answered by Dr. Tom Clark, a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Find his responses to 20 of them below...