Whooping Cough Cases Rise Across Europe, Asia And Parts Of U.S.
Whooping cough outbreaks are expanding across Europe, Asia and parts of the United States, including Northern California. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 17, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joshua Cohen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
My terrifying 100-day cough: A&E doctor tells how she was left unable to breathe for 30 seconds by whooping cough - as cases soar around the country. So should you be worried?
DR SALEYHA AHSAN: I'm now at Day 23 of the '100-day' cough. What I have is whooping cough. It started with a mild cough in March, but within days I had severe coughing fits. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Whooping Cough Is Surging in China With Tens of Thousands of Cases and Over a Dozen Deaths
Discussions are needed to determine if the country should update the vaccine it uses for the disease or adjust the immunization program, Shen Hongbing, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a conference in March.
“It requires close attention to prevent and control the spread of whooping cough in China,” Shen said, according to local media reports.
Vaccination woes
Whooping cough infections have been rising in China since 2014, with more than 30,000 in 2019, according to the Chinese CDC. After a respite during the Covid isolation days, they bounced ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bloomberg News Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
Popular European holiday-spot sees whooping cough cases surge with two dead and 50 unwell
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control confirmed that almost all of the cases were detected in babies under the age of three months old. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Whooping cough cases in England rise as vaccine rates fall
Outbreak kills at least one baby and is likely to worsen based on Dutch data (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
9 Childhood Illnesses: Get the Facts
WebMD shares facts on 9 childhood illnesses you may not know about: RSV, fifth disease, croup, scarlet fever, impetigo, Kawasaki disease, Reye's syndrome, whooping cough, and hand, foot, and mouth disease. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Moms Prevent Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Whooping cough is highly contagious. If one person has pertussis, up to 90% of people in the same house will get it. Here’s what careful moms do. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
West Virginia Lawmakers OK Bill Drawing Back One of the Strictest Child Vaccination Laws
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country.
The bill was approved despite the objections of Republican Senate Health and Human Resources Chair Mike Maroney, a trained doctor, who called the bill “an embarrassment” and said he believed lawmakers were harming the state.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LEAH WILLINGHAM / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk wire Source Type: news
Urgent warning over whooping cough as cases spike to decade high: Health chiefs beg parents to get children vaccinated against '100-day cough'
UKHSA bosses received 553 lab-confirmed reports of whooping cough cases in England alone in January. It marks a 61-fold rise on the 9 logged over the same month in 2023. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Whooping cough: UK 'Urgent warning' issued as cases of Victorian disease skyrocket
This deadly disease can lead to seizures and even death in vulnerable children. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Whooping cough warning for England, as cases rise
There have been more than 500 cases of the risky infection since the start of the year, officials warn. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Whooping cough outbreaks persist in Alberta as health officials urge vaccination
As pertussis cases continue to climb, Albertans are being warned to ensure their children are up-to-date on their immunizations. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
How to deal with suspected whooping cough cases
GP Dr Toni Hazell explains the background to the current wave of whooping cough and how this this serious infection should be managed in general practice Unfortunately some of the most impactful public health gains of the past century are currently going into reverse – as we have seen in particular with falls in vaccination... Read moreThe post How to deal with suspected whooping cough cases appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - February 15, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Caroline Price Tags: Paediatrics Vaccinations and infections whooping cough Source Type: news
Understanding whooping cough with a Mayo Clinic expert
Whooping cough (pertussis) is caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria. Some areas of the U.S. –and abroad – are seeing an uptick in whooping cough (pertussis) cases – including in parts of Wisconsin. Whooping cough is an infectious respiratory illness caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria. It spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. "This is an infection that causes quite a significant cough," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases expert with the Mayo… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 2, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
England is battling its biggest outbreak of '100 day' whooping cough in at least 10 YEARS - so how can you tell it apart from a cold?
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has received reports of 636 suspected cases of the bacterial infection of the lungs in the first three weeks of 2024 alone. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
