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Local Bartell Drugs offering whooping cough vaccine

May 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Health

As cases of whooping cough continue to increase, local Bartell Drugs are offering discount vaccines against the illness.
Nine Bartell pharmacies in Snohomish County are providing reduced fee or free whooping cough vaccines, in cooperation with the Snohomish Health District.
The stores in the Lynnwood area offering the vaccine are at 17633 Highway 99 and 3625 148th [...]

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Snohomish County sees a spike in whooping cough cases

October 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Health

Snohomish Health District has confirmed 80 cases of whooping cough (pertussis) as of late last month — more than three times as reported in all of last year.
Of this year’s total to date, 12 were infants, 14 were ages 1-5 years, 31 were 6-17 years old, and 23 were adults. Four of the most recently [...]

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Drug-resistant tuberculosis found in Snohomish County

May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Health

Two cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis have been confirmed in Snohomish County.
The Snohomish Health District says both patients live in Snohomish County, both are adults and are being treated at home. Health officers can’t release more specific information due to privacy laws.
“The cases are not related to one another at all – neither by family [...]

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