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More than half of children with <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI00000034" title="Whooping Cough" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/whooping-cough-HEDAI00000034.topic">whooping cough</a> are hospitalized, medical officials said. One in five gets <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="HEDAI0000061" title="Pneumonia" href="/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/pneumonia-HEDAI0000061.topic">pneumonia</a> and one percent die.

( Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun / August 15, 2012 )

More than half of children with whooping cough are hospitalized, medical officials said. One in five gets pneumonia and one percent die.

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