Northwest History. Alaska. Epidemics & Contagious Diseases.

Epidemic At Point Barrow: Whooping Cough Vaccine Being Rushed By Plane. EPIDEMIC AT POINT BARROW Whooping Cough Vaccine Being Bushed by Plane. POINT BARROW, Alaska, Feb. 4. (/P)—Two deaths have occurred in the native village here as the result of a whooping cough epidemic which has struck all settle...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1932
Subjects:
epidemic
Point Barrow
whooping cough vaccine
Alaska
native village
Pilot Frank Dorbandt
Anchorage
the Coast
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Arctic
Pacific
Barrow
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90714
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Summary:Epidemic At Point Barrow: Whooping Cough Vaccine Being Rushed By Plane. EPIDEMIC AT POINT BARROW Whooping Cough Vaccine Being Bushed by Plane. POINT BARROW, Alaska, Feb. 4. (/P)—Two deaths have occurred in the native village here as the result of a whooping cough epidemic which has struck all settlements along the arctic coast in this region. Vaccine is being flown here by Pilot Frank Dorbandt, who took off Tuesday from Anchorage. Reports received here were that virtually all the children in settlements along the Coast were affected by the epidemic.

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