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(CNN)The very first whooping cough death in California considering that 2016 was verified Tuesday. "Any crib death due to pertussis is avoidable through maternal vaccination," stated Dr. James Watt, chief of the department's Division of Communicable Disease Control. For privacy factors, the department is not offering any information about the case, such as the baby's identity or whether the mom or the baby was immunized. Whooping cough is a bacterial infection of the breathing system...