Students in grades 7-12 must be immunized against whooping cough
By ToppStories
California experienced a large number of whooping cough cases last year — more than 7,800 — so starting this fall, students attending grades 7-12 will be required to be immunized against the illness.
Instead of waiting until the last minute, parents should plan to get their children’s whooping cough immunization/booster and present it to school administrators as early as possible, advises Californians for Patient Care, a nonprofit patient advocacy organization based in Sacramento .
Whooping cough can be difficult to detect, which can allow it to "live" longer in a household, neighborhood or community, the organization said in a release. And the issue is often compounded for those without insurance.
“For people without insurance, sometimes the question isn’t how quickly whooping cough can be detected, but whether or not they can afford treatment,” Californians for Patient Care President Carmella Gutierrez, President Carmella Gutierrez said in the release. “Every Californian should know that there is a local network of care providers who charge little or no money for treatment. We encourage people to use our MyHealthResource online guide to find places where they can get the care they need — including whooping cough vaccinations and boosters — when they need it.”
Kern County has a network of clinics and other health care outlets for people with limited resources. A list of clinics can be found by searching http://www.myhealthresource... and typing in basic search information such as city or county and category of resource.
Gutierrez said parents and other caregivers, who can sometimes serve as carriers of whooping cough, should consider getting vaccinated, if they haven’t been already.
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