Health officials are raising the alarm over an outbreak of whooping cough in southern Alberta. "I think in southern Alberta we have a higher rate of whooping cough, just random cases, throughout the last three years," she said. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a bacterial infection that causes severe coughing fits. Rates of whooping cough are highest in southern Alberta with more than 50 cases in 2016, and 53 cases in 2015. In 2012, a four-week-old baby died from the disease in southern Alberta.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2017 17:26 UTC