Whooping cough
According to the Philyburbs.com, Montgomery County health official are tracking an outbreak of whooping cough at the Bryn Athyn Church School.
So far, 16 cases have been confirmed, in the third and fifth grades.
The most recent case was confirmed Nov. 11, but the outbreak started back in October.
Many students who aren’t sick have been given prevantative antibiotics and officials urge that any child with symptons stay at home.
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