OCIC FAQs

Pertussis/Whooping Cough

• New School Rule: California's new Tdap (Whooping Cough, Pertussis) vaccine requirement for incoming 7th-12th grade students.

  

Letter from Orange County Deputy Agency Director/Health Officer

IMM-1035 new school rule (English PDF file)

IMM-1035 new school rule (Spanish PDF file)

For more information on Pertussis/Whooping Cough:

• Orange County Health Care Agency
  http://ochealthinfo.com/pertussis
  
• Vacunas y mi Salud
  http://vacunasymisalud.org
  
• Silence the Sounds of Pertussis: English PSA (video)
  Audio and Video PSAs featuring actress Keri Russell, produced by PKIDs
• PSA Tosferina/Whooping Cough En Espanol /In Spanish
  Tosferina
  Spanish TV PSA featuring a mother who lost her son to pertussis
• CDC Center for Disease Whooping Cough
  http://www.cdc.gov/features/pertussis