Whooping Cough Remains a Public Health Concern

It’s National Infant Immunization Week, which serves as a good reminder for parents and all adults to check with their doctors to make sure that their pertussis vaccination, as well as all recommended immunizations, are up to date. Pertussis, a highly contagious...

Handling a Local Pertussis Outbreak

The following blog post is a guest blog post by Virginia Allison, DNP, CRNPAt a local Pittsburgh High School, we currently have an outbreak of pertussis cases confirmed by laboratory testing. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a bacterial infection of the...