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Whooping Cough Case Reported At Local School

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A 5-year-old child at a San Diego area school diagnosed with whooping cough brings the total number of cases to 426 for the region in 2011, County Health and Human Services Agency officials said today. No cases have been reported yet for 2012.

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Hantavirus Found In North County

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The number of rodents testing positive for the potentially-deadly disease last year more than doubled from 2010.

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TB Case Reported at Lincoln High

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An individual at Lincoln High School was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and may have exposed a limited number of students, faculty, and staff to the disease, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) reported today.