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The number of whooping cough cases in Montgomery County has reached 41 as of Oct. 2, according to the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. According to Mary Anderson, public information officer for the health department, 32 children and nine adults have been reported to the health department as having pertussis or whooping […]

There has been another case of whooping cough in Montgomery County, this time at Gaithersburg High School. Mary Anderson, spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed to MyMCMedia Friday that a student at that school has been confirmed to have pertussis, a highly-contagious respiratory illness. That makes the 16th case of the […]

UPDATED, Sept. 5, 11:45 a.m. – There is another new case of whooping cough in Montgomery County and this one is at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 15. Montgomery County Health and Human Services Spokesperson Mary Anderson told MyMcMedia Friday that a student at […]

Officials with the Montgomery County’s Department of Health and Human Services are still tracking the outbreak of whooping cough in Montgomery County, but as of Sept. 4 no additional confirmed cases have been reported. The department’s Cindy Edwards, senior nurse administrator for communicable disease and epidemiology, talks about pertussis and the status of the outbreak […]

UPDATED, Sept. 2, 11 a.m.- Parents at four schools in Montgomery County have been notified that their children may have been exposed to a contagious respiratory illness known as Whooping Cough. According to Montgomery County Public Schools spokesman Dana Tofig, those schools include: Julius West Middle School in Rockville, Cabin John Middle School in Potomac, […]