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Chatham Middle Schooler Diagnosed With 'Highly Contagious' Whooping Cough, Sup't Says Chatham Middle Schooler Diagnosed With 'Highly Contagious' Whooping Cough, Sup't Says
Chatham Middle Schooler Diagnosed With 'Highly Contagious' Whooping Cough, Sup't Says One Chatham Middle School student has been diagnosed and another is suspected to have whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory infection, district officials said. "We continue to monitor the situation at school and if additional actions to control the spread of pertussis among pupils become necessary, we will again notify parents," Superintendent Michael LaSusa said in a letter. "Please be advised that, due to the confidentiality of health matters of students, we will not release the identity of the student or other information pertaining to them, such as their sc…