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Benton County public-health director warns of statewide pertussis spike; local cases reported
Summary
Public-health director Sarah Hartstein told commissioners Oregon has recorded 948 pertussis cases (highest since 2012) and Benton County has 15 cases; she urged vaccination (DTaP/Tdap), described clinical risks to infants, and promised to provide age-breakdown and vaccination-rate data on follow-up.
Sarah Hartstein, Benton County's newly appointed public health director, briefed the Board of Commissioners on respiratory-season surveillance and a spike in pertussis cases across Oregon. Hartstein said the county uses emergency-department syndromic surveillance to track respiratory illnesses and reported that, as of Dec. 12, Oregon had recorded 948 pertussis cases, the highest since 2012; locally, Benton County has…
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