Whooping cough symptoms

Not Medical Advice: Whooping cough symptoms include a mild cough, similar to a cold, a low-grade fever, sneezing, and a runny nose. The cough gradually worsens into attacks that end with a high-pitched “whoop” sound. Sufferers are prescribed antibiotics. Nearly a dozen states recently passed laws that require parents to prove that their 7th-12th grade children received a whooping cough vaccination. The law was prompted by a 2010 outbreak that killed 10 babies and afflicted around 9,000 people in California.
Updated on Monday, February 06 2012 at 01:05PM EST

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