Officials: LI sees jump in whooping cough cases in 2012

Originally published: January 10, 2013 6:24 PM
Updated: January 10, 2013 8:25 PM
By MIKE STOBBE. The Associated Press

Photo credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost | Dr. Shetal Shah, far right of the Neonatal ICU, gives Jesse Atkins, of East Patchogue, the Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine at Stony Brook University Hospital. (July 31, 2012)

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Long Island saw a significant rise in whooping cough cases in 2012, mirroring a national trend.

Suffolk County reported 515 cases in 2012, up from 314 in 2011. Nassau's cases more than doubled to 140 in 2012, up from 68 in 2011, a spokeswoman for the Nassau County Department of Health said Thursday.

The nation is suffering its worst year for whooping cough in nearly six decades, according...

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