San Diego County baby dies of whooping cough
A San Diego County baby has died of whooping cough, marking the seventh death statewide in an epidemic on track to be the worst in 50 years, authorities said Thursday.
Three babies have died from whooping cough in October in one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in the last twenty years, taking the number of deaths for babies under three months to a worrying 13 deaths this year.