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Whooping cough

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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health says whooping cough cases in the country continue to increase mainly in young children. According to statistics, 34 cases (68 percent) are those of children less than one year old. Its latest surveillance report on the disease shows eight confirmed cases and...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  [Editor's note] American Samoa is often vulnerable to such epidemics due to the frequency of travel between the two Samoas. To date, the territory’s health providers — the Department of Health and LBJ hospital — have not commented on any possible local case(s). Samoa's...
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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed a case of whooping cough, or pertussis. New Zealand has declared an epidemic of the disease. The health ministry said a seven-week-old baby boy, who had not yet received any vaccination, was confirmed to have whooping cough earlier this month...