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Published July 30, 2012, 10:34 AM

Parents urged to get kids vaccinated before school starts

This year, the United States is on pace to have the most cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in five decades. There have been 18,000 reported cases this year, according to the CDC. Minnesota is one of the states reporting high numbers of the bacterial disease that is preventable by vaccines.

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