Pertussis vaccination in pregnancy is safe, study finds
Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine is recommended for all pregnant women in the U.S. as the key medical intervention to protect newborn infants from pertussis (whooping cough). However, the safety of giving the Tdap vaccine to pregnant women has not been fully determined. According to a new study the Tdap vaccine is safe for both mothers and infants. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 12, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Bordetella pertussis Strain Lacking Two Vaccine ImmunogensBordetella pertussis Strain Lacking Two Vaccine Immunogens
Although this pertussis strain lacking pertactin and pertussis toxin is rare, any increased mutation in these vaccine immunogens may have serious implications for the efficacy of current vaccines. Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Whooping cough vaccination in pregnancy
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has reviewed new evidence on the optimum time to offer whooping cough in pregnancy. As a result of the review it has now recommended that from 1 April 2016, vaccination should be offered between gestational weeks 16 and 32 to maximise the likelihood that the baby will be protected from birth. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Anti-vax' mum's whooping cough regret
An Australian mother who passed the potentially fatal whooping cough infection to her newborn says she regrets refusing the vaccination. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Measles, Whooping Cough Casualties Not Six - Jigawa Govt
[Daily Trust] Dutse -The Jigawa State Government has said only one child died in Suletankarkar local government area of the state as a result of outbreak of measles and whooping cough, but not six persons. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 5, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The return of Victorian diseases: Doctors alarmed by rise in deadly illnesses
SCARLET fever, whooping cough, TB and scurvy killed off many Victorians. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scarlet fever and TB have doctors worried as new cases are being reported in UK
Since 2010, the number of people in the UK falling ill with whooping cough, cholera and scurvy has been rising steadily. Becky Jones, inset, is still recovering from whooping cough. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Going Back To The Old Whooping Cough Vaccine Could Save Lives
By: Rachael Rettner Published: 03/29/2016 11:01 AM EDT on LiveScience Newer isn't always better — some researchers are proposing to bring back an older version of the whooping cough vaccine, because multiple studies show that today's version doesn't protect as well as the earlier kind. In a new study, researchers suggest vaccinating children with one dose of the older whooping cough vaccine — called the whole-cell pertussis vaccine — and then giving them four doses of the current whooping cough vaccine in early childhood. (Whooping cough is also known as pertussis.) Currently, children are given fiv...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 30, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Measles Reported In One Of California’s Most Unvaccinated Counties
Measles results in 146,000 deaths worldwide every year. The school is closed because of the diagnosis. The county has one of the state's lowest vaccination rates. An unvaccinated child has been diagnosed with measles in a California county with one of the state's lowest rates for kindergarten immunization, the state's department of public health announced Tuesday. The department is investigating the child, who attends Yuba River Charter School in Nevada County and showed symptoms of measles after returning home from from a trip overseas. He has recovered but was infectious at school on March 17. The...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pertussis Vax Wanes, Even With TDaP Booster (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Protecting against Bordetella pertussis infection remains challenging (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 29, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Studies underscore limits of Tdap vaccine
Replacing the first dose of acellular pertussis vaccine with its whole-cell predecessor could cut the rate of whooping cough by about 95% – including in neonates at greatest risk of severe outcomes,... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - March 28, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Studies underscore limits of Tdap vaccine
Replacing the first dose of acellular pertussis vaccine with its whole-cell predecessor could cut the rate of whooping cough by about 95% – including in neonates at greatest risk of severe outcomes,... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - March 28, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Andrew Wakefield, Disgraced Anti-Vax Doctor, Returns With A Documentary At Tribeca Film Fest
Andrew Wakefield is back in the news, thanks to a new, controversial documentary set to premiere at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The film, directed by Wakefield himself, claims that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention orchestrated a conspiracy to cover up the "true" reason for America's rising autism diagnosis rates: vaccines. This is a widely and soundly discredited assertion. Studies from the independent, non-profit Institute of Medicine, the World Health Organization and the CDC have all found that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism s...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 25, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Anti-Vaxxers Are Officially To Blame For The Rise In 2 Preventable Diseases
The recent rise in the U.S. of vaccine-preventable diseases has been largely blamed on those who refuse to vaccinate their children. Previous analyses have linked anti-vaxxers to certain outbreaks -- like last year's Disneyland measles outbreak -- but there was still some controversy over the connection. Now a new review funded by the National Institutes of Health has found a correlation between vaccine refusal and the rise of measles and whooping cough (also known as pertussis), two common vaccine-preventable conditions. Researchers at Emory University and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Healt...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Anti-Vaxxers Are Officially To Blame For The Rise In 2 Preventable Diseases
The recent rise in the U.S. of vaccine-preventable diseases has been largely blamed on those who refuse to vaccinate their children. Previous analyses have linked anti-vaxxers to certain outbreaks -- like last year's Disneyland measles outbreak -- but there was still some controversy over the connection. Now a new review funded by the National Institutes of Health has found a correlation between vaccine refusal and the rise of measles and whooping cough (also known as pertussis), two common vaccine-preventable conditions. Researchers at Emory University and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Healt...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
