Professor warns rise in 100 day cough cases is 'significant concern' - signs to spot
While whooping cough can be particularly serious in young babies, the bacterial infection can still pose a risk to adults as well, according to an expert. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The tell-tale sign of the 100 day cough that's more common at night
The first symptoms of whooping cough are similar to those of a cold, but about a week later, symptoms become more intense. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Map of 100 day cough cases shows areas in the UK hit hardest - check yours
The London borough of Hackney has seen more cases of whooping cough than anywhere else in England and Wales so far this year. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

POLL: Should we wear face masks on public transport as ‘100-day cough’ sweeps Britain?
Whooping cough cases in the UK have tripled compared to the same time last year, but do you think we need to go back to mask-wearing? Vote and join in the debate below. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Have you got Covid or the '100 day cough’ sweeping the UK? GP outlines tell-tale sign
While new Covid variants circulate, the number of whooping cough cases has soared by 250 percent in a year. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Full list of regions where UK's '100 day cough' cases are spiking as expert issues warning
More than 700 people may have been infected with whooping cough in England and Wales between July and November. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pregnant women at risk as 'highly contagious' bug cases spike across the UK
Whooping cough cases are spreading across the UK, leaving pregnant women highly at risk. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Professor warns whooping cough outbreak is imminent - key signs to spot
An expert has warned that the bacterial infection, which is more contagious than COVID-19, could spike in spring and summer months. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Africa: Vaccine Hesitancy 'Widens Immunity Gaps, Increases Risk of Outbreaks'
[allAfrica] In 1999, Grade 5 brought for me a revelation like no other - vaccines! The idea that weak disease-causing organisms could transform our bodies into warriors against killer diseases was nothing short of miraculous. From the top of my head I remember that some of the killer diseases were polio, diptheria, measles, whooping cough, tetanus and tuberculosis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Science and Biotechnology Sustainable Development Source Type: news

Whooping cough still spreading as southern Alberta outbreak grows
Dozens more cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been identified as an outbreak in southern Alberta shows no signs of letting up. And sporadic cases of the highly contagious disease, which can be prevented through vaccination, are popping up elsewhere in the province. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - July 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news

South Africa: Measles and Whooping Cough Outbreaks in South Africa - a Sign of Low Vaccination Coverage, Experts Warn
[The Conversation Africa] The concentrated global effort to use vaccination as a public health intervention began in 1974. Since then, vaccination has changed our lives. Worldwide, in the decades 2000-2020, childhood vaccination led to the reduction of deaths in children under 5 by 50% to 5.4 million deaths per year. Vaccination currently averts more than 5 million deaths each year worldwide. These are deaths that would have been caused by measles, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, diphtheria, pneumonia, rotavirus diarrhoea, and othe (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 15, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news

FDA advisers agree maternal RSV vaccine protects infants, but are divided on its safety
A committee of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday voted unanimously that a vaccine from Pfizer, given as an injection during pregnancy, is efficacious at protecting infants from severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease during the first 6 months of life. If approved by the agency, the vaccine would a major advance against a disease that is the leading cause of hospitalization of U.S. infants. But troubled by side effect data from Pfizer’s trials and by another big drugmaker’s abandonment of a similar vaccine given during pregnancy, the panel split on the question of the vaccine’s...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 19, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Newborns at ‘serious risk’ amid low whooping cough vaccine uptake 
A seven-year low in uptake for whooping cough vaccines has sparked concerns about the serious risk of newborns being hospitalised, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. Latest data shows that uptake of the maternal whooping cough vaccine in 2022 fell to 61.5% across England and 41.4% in London, the lowest level since 2016... Read moreThe post Newborns at ‘serious risk’ amid low whooping cough vaccine uptake  appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 5, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Paediatrics Women's health Source Type: news

Pertussis vaccination in pregnant women hits seven-year low
Vaccination against whooping cough in pregnant women in England has dropped to a seven year low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 4, 2023 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news

We must continue to guard against the anti-vaccine movement | Letters
Bernard Bedford, Dr Andrew HillandAndrew Scaife respond to an article by Devi Sridhar on the dangers of vaccine scepticism, especially with regard to childrenI wholeheartedly agree with Devi Sridhar ’s concern about dwindling childhood protection from infectious diseases (In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work - and our children need them, 27 March). Coming from a small hamlet near Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, I developed measles, mumps, then whooping cough in rapid succession on starting primary school. I spent most of my first four months off school. I was fortunate to join a long queue and receive my firs...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science Society Health Health policy Source Type: news