[californiadisasters] California Whooping Cough Epidemic Q&A

3 questions: Dr. Susan Fernyak

San Francisco Chronicle August 15, 2010 04:00 AM Copyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

San Francisco Chronicle

Sunday, August 15, 2010

California is in the middle of a whooping cough epidemic, with rates of the infectious disease at least four times the norm for this time of year. Public health officials are asking that all adults, especially those who have contact with newborns, get the vaccine for whooping cough, also known as pertussis. Dr. Susan Fernyak, director of communicable disease control and prevention at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, talked with Chronicle reporter Erin Allday about the epidemic.

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View entire interview here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/15/BA0V1EQ0QE.DTL&type=newsbayarea

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