Whooping cough outbreak at Pittsburgh vets clinic

Courtesy washingtonpost.com - Health  Sat, 08/30/2008 - 14:04

PITTSBURGH -- Medical officials in Pittsburgh say staff members and some patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital are getting preventive treatment for whooping cough after an outbreak was traced to several workers at an outpatient clinic.


 

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