Pertussis epidemic kills eight babies:
The figures of infection and deaths in the state have already surpassed those of the most recent epidemic pertussis, which occurred in 2005 when there were nearly 3,200 cases and seven people died. The summer months are the most impact so the figures are expected to continue to increase, the officials said. The authorities consider that this is the biggest epidemic presented in the last fifty years in California. A report from the Academy of California Family Physicians (CAFP, in English) has warned that poor families, especially in rural areas do not have the resources to pay for the vaccine.
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