Bill Could Gain Support as Whooping Cough Cases Break Records

(July 27, 2010)

A record high number of cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, in California might prompt increased support for a bill (AB 354), by Assembly Member Juan Arambula (I-Fresno), that would allow schools to require whooping cough immunizations for incoming seventh-graders, the Fresno Bee reports.