Minnesota's record year for whooping cough
11:50 AM, December 27, 2012
Pharmacist Kristy Hennessee administers a vaccination against whooping cough, in Pasadena, California on September 17, 2010. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Minnesota's record year for whooping cough (program audio)
Minnesota had a record year for whooping cough cases in 2012, with more than 4,300 cases reported. That's more than any year since World War 2.
The sharp increase is being blamed on a pertussis vaccine that doctors started to administer in the 1990s.
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