... in Pittsburgh say staff members and some patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital are getting preventive treatment for whooping cough after an outbreak was traced to several workers ...
... may be the most effective way of preventing the fatal form of whooping cough in young infants, say a group of paediatric ... care doctors on bmj.com today. Whooping cough (pertussis) is a distressing infectious disease ...
... for parents of new babies and other household members may be the most effective way of preventing the fatal form of whooping cough in young infants, say a group of pediatric ...
TOKYO, March 24 (UPI) -- Whooping cough is on the rise in Japan, with 775 cases reported already this year, health officials said.
... and compared the predictions generated by those models to data on whooping cough incidence. The researchers constructed two ... and the frequency of "extinctions"---periods of time when no whooping cough cases were reported in the population. The analysis ...
Immunity to whooping cough lasts at least 30 years on average, much longer than previously thought, according to a new study.
An outbreak of whooping cough in B.C.'s West Kootenay region is raising concern that the low rate of immunization in the area could put the lives of some children at risk.
... PhysOrg.com) -- Vaccination programs against whooping cough may not be fully effective because the bacteria that cause the disease have evolved new strains, a new ...
... suggest vaccinating anyone who will come into contact with newborns. California health authorities say that cases of whooping cough reported to the state have more than doubled so ...
Whooping cough is now at epidemic levels in California and the state could record the highest number of illnesses and death ...
... . Public health officials say California's lackluster immunization rates could be a factor in the epidemic spread of whooping cough, a bacterial disease expected to take ...
... the vaccination because everyone is vulnerable to infection. Whooping cough is a respiratory infection caused by the Bordetella ... , it infects infants when someone with the disease breathes on them or coughs or sneezes in close proximity to them ...
Whooping cough, once nearly eliminated in the 1970s, is back and might reach a 50-year high in 2010, largely the result of poor immunization among children and adults.
... shows.A disturbing theme has emerged in an analysis of all eight cases of California infants who died from whooping cough this year: Despite the patients' multiple ...
Babies have been hardest hit by whooping cough in California, according to new statistics released by the state Department of Public Health. All nine deaths ...
