Whooping Cough

Whooping Cough Epidemic Declared In Washington State

AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 05.11.2012

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SEATTLE -- Washington state's worst outbreak of whooping cough in decades has prompted health officials to declare an epidemic, seek help from federal...

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No Whooping Cough Deaths In California Last Year

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 03.25.2012

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LOS ANGELES — California did not suffer a single death from whooping cough in 2011, the first year since 1991 that there have been no fatalities...

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5 Old-Time Diseases Still Around Today

The Huffington Post | Amanda Chan | Posted 12.18.2011

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The bubonic plague. Scarlet fever. Polio. Diseases of the past, and no longer on this Earth, right? Wrong. Many old-time diseases are still pr...

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Whooping Cough Vaccine Only Effective For 3 Years: Study

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.19.2011

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ATLANTA — The whooping cough vaccine given to babies and toddlers loses much of its effectiveness after just three years – a lot faster than docto...

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No Vaccine? Don't Come To School

AP | By MARCUS WOHLSEN and SHEILA V KUMAR | Posted 11.17.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Some California schools are turning away middle and high school students who have not received a required whooping cough vaccine whil...

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38 Whooping Cough Cases In New York Town

Patch | Posted 08.30.2011

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Thirty-eight cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been reported in the Town of Smithtown in Long Island, N.Y., the Suffolk County De...

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Pregnant Moms Should Get Whooping Cough Shots: U.S. Panel

AP | By MIKE STOBBE | Posted 08.23.2011

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ATLANTA -- A federal advisory panel is recommending that pregnant women get vaccinated against whooping cough. The Advisory Committee on Immunization...

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New Vaccination Law May Prevent Most Calif. Students From Attending School

Posted 06.26.2011

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In the midst of one of the worst whooping cough epidemics our country has seen in half a century, the majority of California's schoolchildren may not ...

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Colorado Doctors Refusing To See Un-Vaccinated Children

KMGH Denver | Jaclyn Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER -- Some Colorado doctors are refusing to see patients who have not been vaccinated, pointing to recent whooping cough outbreaks in California a...

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Last Year's Whooping Cough Rate Among The Worst In Half A Century

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — More than 21,000 people got whooping cough last year, many of them children and teens. That's the highest number since 2005 and among the ...

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Demystifying Medicine: The Whopping Cough

Meena Lagnese, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whooping cough is a very contagious disease caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. It is spread from person to person, usually by sneezing or coughing, often at distances of five feet or less.

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How We Can Save Over 4 Million Children

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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The U.S. cannot vaccine the world's children alone. Immunizing children is a shared responsibility of the world community. But, unfortunately, just 16 countries contribute to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization .

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California Whooping Cough: 9 Dead, Infections On The Rise

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 11.17.2011

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LOS ANGELES — State health officials reported Thursday that California is on track to break a 55-year record for whooping cough infections in an...

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Children, Elderly, Pregnant Woman Urged to Get Whooping Cough Vaccinations

Posted 05.25.2011

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Via KTLA LOS ANGELES -- State health officials are urging the elderly, pregnant women and children to get vaccinated against whooping cough now that ...

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Coughing Up the Facts on Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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One possible reason we are seeing an upswing in whooping cough cases may be due to parents withholding the pertussive vaccine from children based on the unfounded fear that it causes autism.

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Is Jenny McCarthy Afraid Of The Truth About Autism?

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 11.17.2011

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My aunt will never forget that day in 1975, when her 20 month old daughter woke up from a nap, crying petulantly. The child seemed to be having diffic...

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The Whooping Cough of Aspen Fashion Week

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Despite my fashion allergy, that someone thought to credential me for Aspen Fashion Week has piqued my interest enough that I might just pick up my laminate and attend an event or two.

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Vaccinations: Still Amazing After All These Years

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's not confuse sound medical practice with making healthy choices on a visit to Whole Foods, especially since the assumption that vaccines aren't pure and natural is inaccurate.

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