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More pertussis cases logged in Western Montana
Posted 7:48 PM 5/16/2012 by Mark Thorsell (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)
KALISPELL- The whooping cough outbreak is continuing to grow in Western Montana with more cases reported in Flathead County and three more incidents reported in Ravalli County as of mid-day Wednesday.
Flathead City-County Health Department officials say the newly confirmed pertussis cases (More)
5/15/2012
25 whooping cough cases reported in Flathead County
Posted 7:07 AM 5/16/2012 by Angela Marshall (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- There are now 25 confirmed pertussis cases in Flathead County after local health officials confirmed four more whooping cough cases on Tuesday afternoon.
Flathead City-County Health Department Director Joe Russel says the new cases involve fifth graders at two rural Flathead (More)
Whooping cough spreading in Flathead County
5/14/2012
Missoula Co. seeing its worst pertussis outbreak ever
Posted 8:32 AM 5/15/2012 by Irina Cates (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- Missoula County now has seven confirmed cases of whooping cough with the Missoula City-County Health Department reporting that cases range in age from infants to adults and includes both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated population.
Health department officials say this is the (More)
5/11/2012
Flathead Co. sees more whooping cough cases
Posted 10:41 AM 5/14/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center
KALISPELL- Local health officials say they have received more reports of whooping cough in Flathead County with the Flathead City-County Health Department saying they've received reports of five more cases of pertussis.
Four tests came back positive on middle school students while the (More)
Whooping cough continues to spread in Montana
Whooping cough case reported at Kalispell Middle School
5/10/2012
Whooping cough prompts Flathead warning
Posted 10:29 AM 5/10/2012 by Dax VanFossen (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- The whooping cough outbreak spread to the northwest part of the state after showing up in two different Flathead Valley school districts.
The Flathead City-County Health Department documented eight new cases of pertussis and we found out one case is in the Columbia Falls School (More)
