Marin County health officials have issued a whooping cough advisory due to an on-going outbreak that appears to be having a large impact at Tamalpais High School. 

Last Friday, Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis sent the advisory and noted that the county’s Department of Health and Human Services had investigated 77 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, since December. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.