The Saint Louis County Department of Health will be offering free Whooping Cough vaccine tomorrow – Wednesday, July 24th – to those eleven years of age and older. This is the first of two free clinics. The second will be held on Monday, July 29th. Whooping Cough is the common name for pertussis – a highly contagious disease that can be fatal, especially for infants.
“Vaccine-preventable diseases are among the easiest to fight because we know what stops them,” said Dr. Dolores J. Gunn, Director of the Saint Louis County Department of Health. “By offering these free clinics, we hope to curb the spread of this potentially-serious disease, and we hope as many Saint Louis County residents as possible take advantage of this opportunity to be immunized.”
The dates, times, and locations for the two clinics are:
Free North County Whooping Cough Vaccination Clinic
John C. Murphy Health Center
6121 North Hanley Road in Berkeley (63134)
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
12:00 p.m. (noon) to 4:00 p.m.
Free South County Whooping Cough Vaccination Clinic
South County Health Center
4580 South Lindbergh Boulevard in Sunset Hills (63127)
Monday, July 29th, 2013
12:00 p.m. (noon) to 4:00 p.m.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone be vaccinated against this disease, especially those who are caregivers for or are around infants less than one year of age.
For more information about the free vaccination clinics, visit
www.stlouisco.com/HealthandWellness/PertussisClinics
For more information about pertussis, visit
www.cdc.gov/pertussis/