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Health officer warns of pertussis clusters and rising sleep-related infant deaths; district offers vaccinations and outreach
Summary
Kitsap Public Health District reported recent pertussis clusters in the county, announced two no-cost childhood vaccination clinics, summarized community outreach at Project Connect, and flagged a national rise in sleep-related infant deaths that the district will review with its child fatality committee.
Kitsap Public Health District Health Officer Dr. Gib Morrow told the board that pertussis (whooping cough) cases have clustered in the south part of Kitsap County among school-age children and sports teams and that the district is coordinating case identification, screening, prophylactic treatment for household contacts, and vaccination outreach.
Dr. Morrow said the district saw a drop in influenza and respiratory syncytial virus activity before experiencing a significant uptick in late January; at the time of the meeting, about 5 percent of emergency-department visits were attributable to influenza or RSV. He reported roughly two dozen confirmed pertussis cases this fall and winter, noted those confirmed…
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