Whooping cough cases on the rise in Missouri, nation

Tuesday, December 3, 2002

ST. LOUIS -- Whooping cough, a once common disease that vaccinations had all but wiped out in the United States, is back on the rise in Missouri and around the country, health officials said Monday.

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