Overview
- Pasadena health officials confirmed a whooping cough outbreak at Don Benito Fundamental School with four laboratory-confirmed cases.
- The Pasadena Public Health Department is working with the Pasadena Unified School District to identify and monitor any additional cases.
- Families are urged to keep anyone with a persistent cough home and to check vaccination status with a healthcare provider.
- People exposed to a case should watch for symptoms for 21 days and stay home until cleared by a provider or after five days of appropriate antibiotics.
- Infants, pregnant people, and caregivers of infants may receive preventive antibiotics even without symptoms because the illness poses higher risks to babies.