Second Infant in California Dies of Whooping Cough
Placer County public health officials have announced that an infant has died after contracting pertussis, also known as whooping cough -- the second infant death linked to the illness this year in California. According to the state Public Health Department, infants can receive their first whooping cough vaccination at two months old, but they are not fully vaccinated until six months.
- "2nd California Baby Dies of Pertussis" (Plevin, "KPCC News," KPCC, 5/7).