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A four-month investigation by KPBS and inewsource has found that many people who have come down with whooping cough have been immunized. Read More »
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Is Whooping Cough Vaccine Working?
A KPBS investigation has found that nearly two out of three people diagnosed with whooping cough in San Diego County this year were fully immunized. California is in the midst of the worst whooping cough epidemic in 50 years. The numbers raise questions about how well the vaccine works. Read More »
Whooping Cough Strain Changed Over Decades
The whooping cough our parents -- or even grandparents -- were exposed to is probably not the same whooping cough now causing the worst epidemic in California in 50 years. Read More »