State urges public to get whooping cough vaccination
Sunday, June 12, 2011 - 00:00
in Health & Medicine
As of next month, high school and middle school students will be required to get the vaccine, and California health officials are encouraging the wider public to get the booster shot.More than 1,000 people in California have been infected with whooping cough this year, and health officials have encouraged the public to get immunizations against the bacterial disease.