Posts Tagged ‘pertussis in Iowa’

Whooping Cough in Iowa

Sunday, June 17th, 2012

Iowa a place to grow

The Des Moines Register is just one of several media outlets reporting on the current whooping cough outbreak in Iowa. Ann Garvey, deputy state epidemiologist, is quoted as describing the situation as part of a three to five year cycle for pertussis cases. The data suggests that there may be other, more pertinent reasons for the outbreak.
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