Walking pneumonia, whooping cough surge in San Diego County
Characterized by a high fever, cough, sore throat, headache and fatigue, walking pneumonia diagnosis in local emergency rooms jumped fourfold from Oct. 19 to Nov. 2, spiking from 0.2% to 0.8% of all diagnoses for children aged 2 to 4. A similar jump, though not quite so high, was observed for children and adolescents aged 5 to 17.