My baby died from Victorian-era disease as vaccination rates for the illness plummet in US
5 months ago

My baby died from Victorian-era disease as vaccination rates for the illness plummet in US

Daily Mail  

A mother has revealed her heartbreak after losing her baby to a violent coughing condition just weeks after he was born. Kathryn Alcaide, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, said her son Brady was born healthy at 8 lbs 6 oz in November 2012, but began suffering whooping cough symptoms that 'looked like a cold' the following January. ‘No family should have to endure the loss of a child from something that could be prevented.’ Brady passed away due to complications from whooping cough in January 2013 when he was just shy of two months old. Photo courtesy of Kathryn Alcaide Whooping cough is particularly dangerous for infants and young children, but babies Brady’s age are not eligible for the vaccine. Ms Alcaide said: ‘It's heartbreaking and frustrating to hear that whooping cough cases are rising, especially because this is a vaccine-preventable disease.’ Brady began to experience a debilitating cough in early January 2013.

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Fears of U.S. public health crises grow amid falling vaccination rates
1 month ago

Fears of U.S. public health crises grow amid falling vaccination rates

Raw Story  

by Charlotte CAUSIT Plummeting immunization rates, outbreaks of once-vanquished childhood diseases, and the appointment of a vocal vaccine skeptic as health secretary have U.S. experts sounding the alarm about a looming public health crisis. "The measles is the canary in the coal mine," warned leading pediatrician and immunologist Paul Offit, highlighting the decline in vaccination rates since the Covid-19 pandemic. …

This Illness Is Surging Right Now, And The Signs In Kids Aren't As Easy To Spot
2 months, 3 weeks ago

This Illness Is Surging Right Now, And The Signs In Kids Aren't As Easy To Spot

Huff Post  

Design Pics/Don Hammond via Getty Images It can be hard to differentiate pertussis from other viruses. These symptoms include: Coughing fits, or paroxysms, that can continue for one to 10 weeks A high-pitched sound when inhaling after coughing Exhaustion after coughing fits Vomiting from coughing so hard Difficulty sleeping Trouble breathing Fractured ribs Dr. Janine Zee-Cheng, a pediatrician in Indiana, …

Doctors worried over sudden surge of rib-cracking lung diseases as they reach 13-year high
3 months ago

Doctors worried over sudden surge of rib-cracking lung diseases as they reach 13-year high

Daily Mail  

Highly contagious whooping cough has surged to levels in the US not seen in over a decade. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a potentially fatal respiratory infection that causes such severe coughing it’s been known to fracture people’s ribs. Public health officials have come to expect spikes in pertussis cases every few years, but the Covid pandemic, during which millions …

Whooping cough cases in the US are the highest they’ve been in a decade
3 months ago

Whooping cough cases in the US are the highest they’ve been in a decade

CNN  

CNN — Whooping cough has been surging in the United States for months and the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests there are no signs of slowing. Like many respiratory illnesses, whooping cough cases dropped to low levels during the pandemic as people limited social interactions and took other precautions to defend against Covid-19. …

The quest for a longer-lasting whooping cough vaccine
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The quest for a longer-lasting whooping cough vaccine

BBC  

The quest for a longer-lasting whooping cough vaccine Getty Images This 19th-Century killer is making a comeback – and with protection from the whooping cough vaccine waning over time, the hunt is on for something longer-lasting. If there's one infected person in a room, within an hour roughly 90% of susceptible people there may contract the disease Getty Images Vaccinations …

Queensland experiencing worst whooping cough epidemic on record, costing the life of two-month-old baby
4 months ago

Queensland experiencing worst whooping cough epidemic on record, costing the life of two-month-old baby

ABC  

Queensland is experiencing its worst whooping cough epidemic on record, costing the life of a two-month-old baby this year, the state's outgoing Chief Health Officer John Gerrard says. He said plummeting whooping cough vaccination rates in pregnant women was a particular concern, given it provided some protection for their babies. Queensland Health communicable diseases branch executive director Heidi Carroll said …

Doctors call for whooping cough vaccination uptake amid worst year on record for cases
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Doctors call for whooping cough vaccination uptake amid worst year on record for cases

ABC  

Whooping cough cases across Australia have passed 40,000 in a year for the first time since recording began more than 30 years ago. "Whooping cough doesn't just affect kids," she said. "Unfortunately, the last whooping cough vaccine children get is age four and then next is about 13-14 years of age," she said. Infectious disease experts say pregnant women should …

We're Doctors. Here Are 4 Things Parents Need To Understand About Vaccines.
5 months ago

We're Doctors. Here Are 4 Things Parents Need To Understand About Vaccines.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Chickenpox. Though vaccines against whooping cough work well, their effectiveness wanes over time, meaning that older children may be able to spread the disease again if they do not receive booster shots. “Some kids fell behind on their vaccines and just never caught up,” Dr. Kris Bryant of Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, told HuffPost. Reed …

Doctors warn American teens are spreading Victorian era disease that can kill infants
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Doctors warn American teens are spreading Victorian era disease that can kill infants

Daily Mail  

Cases of a Victorian-era infant disease have surged across the US - and high schoolers are 'super spreaders.' Whooping cough has caused 16,000 infections so far this year, a five-fold increase from this time last year, and two deaths, according to CDC data. The Minnesota Department of Health told local news station KSTP: 'MN is seeing a significant burden occur …

Whooping cough wave nears decade high, CDC reports
6 months, 1 week ago

Whooping cough wave nears decade high, CDC reports

Salon  

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published concerning new figures on whooping cough — caused by Bordatella pertussis bacterial infections — in the United States. The agency has reportedly recorded the largest number of whooping cough cases in a single week since 2015, with some states attributing the sharp rise to the increased presence of students returning …

Whooping cough outbreak 2024 in the UK: Sound, vaccine and everything you need to know as 10 babies die
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Whooping cough outbreak 2024 in the UK: Sound, vaccine and everything you need to know as 10 babies die

The Independent  

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Baby dies from whooping cough as England’s death toll reaches 10
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Baby dies from whooping cough as England’s death toll reaches 10

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Officials at the UK Health Security Agency have urged pregnant women to get vaccinated after …

The mysterious spike in whooping cough cases
10 months ago

The mysterious spike in whooping cough cases

The Hindu  

Published : May 25, 2024 21:41 IST - 5 MINS READ In the winter of 2023, health experts across the European continent started noticing something weird. According to figures outlined in the ECDC’s latest report on the situation, the majority of European cases occurred in infants—the population for which whooping cough can turn deadly. The flu cases have maybe doubled …

Five babies die of whooping cough as cases rise across UK
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Five babies die of whooping cough as cases rise across UK

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More than 2,700 whooping cough cases have been reported across England so far in 2024 …

Are parents who think they 'know better' to blame for the whooping cough surge? asks Dr MAX PEMBERTON
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Are parents who think they 'know better' to blame for the whooping cough surge? asks Dr MAX PEMBERTON

Daily Mail  

Six lives every minute. It was reported in this paper last week that paediatric intensive care units are on ‘surge capacity’ because of whooping cough and measles, meaning they are full to bursting. Vaccine refusal has been a problem since the 1990s, when unfounded fears over the MMR triple jab saw uptake slump In fact ‘vaccine refusal’ has been a …

Flu, RSV, and COVID triple whammy of viruses join whooping cough surge as doctors urge to vaccinate
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Flu, RSV, and COVID triple whammy of viruses join whooping cough surge as doctors urge to vaccinate

ABC  

In short: A surge in respiratory viruses has already added pressure to Queensland's health services. Public health physician Nicolas Smoll said this year was panning out to be a more "significant" flu season, but the COVID-19 pandemic had made things harder to predict. "The first is that pertussis is known to run in cycles every three to four years and …

Pregnant women told to get vaccinated amid spike in suspected whooping cough cases
1 year, 3 months ago

Pregnant women told to get vaccinated amid spike in suspected whooping cough cases

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pregnant women have been urged to get vaccinated following a spike …

Mother of Brisbane teen who nearly died from meningococcal disease urges parents to get their children vaccinated
1 year, 5 months ago

Mother of Brisbane teen who nearly died from meningococcal disease urges parents to get their children vaccinated

ABC  

Families affected by vaccine-preventable diseases have told harrowing personal stories at a Brisbane summit aiming to boost flagging inoculation rates. Key points: Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman says the trend is "worrying" and alarming" She has called for a federal response to the decline The drop has in part been attributed to vaccine apathy and fatigue Katy O'Connell's daughter almost …

Whooping cough vaccine becomes less effective over time, study shows
5 years, 9 months ago

Whooping cough vaccine becomes less effective over time, study shows

CNN  

CNN — The modern vaccine for whooping cough becomes less effective as children age, a new study shows, highlighting the need for new vaccines to protect children from the highly contagious disease. She emphasized that the vaccine generally works, but noted that “most of the children who had pertussis in our outbreaks were fully vaccinated.” Conducted by scientists at the …

Doctors’ son died 10 days before flu shot appointment. Now, they want to save your child
6 years, 4 months ago

Doctors’ son died 10 days before flu shot appointment. Now, they want to save your child

CNN  

CNN — Two physicians who lost their young son to the flu last year want parents to listen to their message, born of great grief and suffering: Get your child a flu shot. There’s no medical reason children shouldn’t get flu shots at a pharmacy, said Muñoz, who is also an associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. …

Infant dies of whooping cough in San Bernardino County
6 years, 8 months ago

Infant dies of whooping cough in San Bernardino County

LA Times  

Whooping cough kills about 20 people in the United States each year, almost all of them infants. As public health officials prepare for a possible outbreak of whooping cough, the death of a baby in San Bernardino County from the disease has prompted warnings that pregnant women should be vaccinated. “If you want to prevent deaths from pertussis in the …

‘Whooping cough' epidemic to hit US kids in late spring
7 years ago

‘Whooping cough' epidemic to hit US kids in late spring

Daily Mail  

Public health officials in the US are bracing for an outbreak of whooping cough this spring. California health officials are bracing for an outbreak of whooping cough, an infectious disease that is rarely serious in adults but can be fatal in infants and children California is on particularly high alert because its last outbreak was in 2014, when nearly 11,000 …

Going Back To The Old Whooping Cough Vaccine Could Save Lives
9 years ago

Going Back To The Old Whooping Cough Vaccine Could Save Lives

Huff Post  

ADAM GAULT/SPL via Getty Images Researchers suggest going back to the old whooping cough vaccines would be more effective than the current shots. 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 …

Why did so many California kids get whooping cough despite being vaccinated?
9 years, 1 month ago

Why did so many California kids get whooping cough despite being vaccinated?

LA Times  

Researchers have determined that protection against whooping cough from the vaccine booster Tdap wanes quickly. Children receive five doses of the vaccine that protects against the illness — also known as whooping cough — by the time they’re 6, so that population should have been fully inoculated. Thinking the vaccine’s effectiveness might drop after a few years, California officials began …

Whooping cough: Parents release video of baby’s last moments to raise awareness of vaccine
9 years, 2 months ago

Whooping cough: Parents release video of baby’s last moments to raise awareness of vaccine

The Independent  

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Health council says pregnant women should get whooping cough vaccination
9 years, 3 months ago

Health council says pregnant women should get whooping cough vaccination

Dutch News  

Pregnant women should be vaccinated against whooping cough in the last three months of their pregnancy to protect their babies, the Dutch health council has told health minister Edith Schippers. It is the first time that routine inoculations have been recommended for pregnant women in the Netherlands, the Volkskrant says. ‘The most vulnerable group is not being protected,’ health council …

Health council says pregnant women should get whooping cough vaccination
9 years, 3 months ago

Health council says pregnant women should get whooping cough vaccination

Dutch News  

Pregnant women should be vaccinated against whooping cough in the last three months of their pregnancy to protect their babies, the Dutch health council has told health minister Edith Schippers. It is the first time that routine inoculations have been recommended for pregnant women in the Netherlands, the Volkskrant says. ‘The most vulnerable group is not being protected,’ health council …

Parents Who Shun Vaccines Tend To Cluster, Boosting Children's Risk
10 years, 2 months ago

Parents Who Shun Vaccines Tend To Cluster, Boosting Children's Risk

NPR  

Parents Who Shun Vaccines Tend To Cluster, Boosting Children's Risk Although vaccines are among the safest, most effective ways to protect children from major communicable diseases, some parents still doubt this. The team also identified five clusters where all vaccines were refused for the babies and toddlers in the study: 10.2 percent of children in an area from El Cerrito …

Parents Who Shun Vaccines Tend To Cluster, Boosting Children's Risk
10 years, 2 months ago

Parents Who Shun Vaccines Tend To Cluster, Boosting Children's Risk

NPR  

Parents Who Shun Vaccines Tend To Cluster, Boosting Children's Risk Although vaccines are among the safest, most effective ways to protect children from major communicable diseases, some parents still doubt this. The team also identified five clusters where all vaccines were refused for the babies and toddlers in the study: 10.2 percent of children in an area from El Cerrito …

Unvaccinated children helped fuel whooping cough outbreak, data show
11 years, 5 months ago

Unvaccinated children helped fuel whooping cough outbreak, data show

LA Times  

Children who did not get vaccinated against whooping cough contributed to the 2010 outbreak of the illness, when more cases were reported than in any year since 1947, researchers say. Researchers who looked at the geography of the cases suggest that clusters of “nonmedical exemptions” to immunizations were one of several factors in the California outbreak. The researchers from several …

Kids who didn’t get whooping cough vaccine a cause of outbreak, scientists say
11 years, 6 months ago

Kids who didn’t get whooping cough vaccine a cause of outbreak, scientists say

LA Times  

Children who did not get vaccinated against whopping cough are one of the causes of the 2010 outbreak of the illness, when more cases were reported than in any year since 1947, researchers say. Researchers who looked at the geography of the cases suggest that clusters of “nonmedical exemptions” to immunizations were one of several factors in the California outbreak. …

Vaccine Refusals Fueled California's Whooping Cough Epidemic
11 years, 6 months ago

Vaccine Refusals Fueled California's Whooping Cough Epidemic

NPR  

Vaccine Refusals Fueled California's Whooping Cough Epidemic toggle caption Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images When the whooping cough vaccine was invented in the 1940s, doctors thought they had finally licked the illness, which is especially dangerous for babies. They compared the location and number of whooping cough, or pertussis, cases in that outbreak with the personal belief exemptions filed by parents who …

A Quick Note About Vaccinations
11 years, 10 months ago

A Quick Note About Vaccinations

Slate  

I’m fighting the forces of evil on many fronts today, so I just want to put out a quick note about vaccinations. Yet whooping cough is relatively easy to prevent: A simple vaccination is all it takes, assuming enough people take it to create herd immunity. And I’ll note that in the vast number of cases, when I talk about …

Whooping Cough Vaccine's Protection Fades Quickly
12 years, 6 months ago

Whooping Cough Vaccine's Protection Fades Quickly

NPR  

Whooping Cough Vaccine's Protection Fades Quickly Enlarge this image toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP Ted S. Warren/AP To protect children against whooping cough, doctors recommend five shots of vaccine before they turn 7. So kids who got all their shots on time could become quite susceptible to whooping cough again between ages 8 and 11. Last month scientists reported that …

Whooping Cough Vaccine's Protection Fades Quickly
12 years, 6 months ago

Whooping Cough Vaccine's Protection Fades Quickly

NPR  

Whooping Cough Vaccine's Protection Fades Quickly Enlarge this image toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP Ted S. Warren/AP To protect children against whooping cough, doctors recommend five shots of vaccine before they turn 7. So kids who got all their shots on time could become quite susceptible to whooping cough again between ages 8 and 11. Last month scientists reported that …

Why Are Babies Dying of Old-Fashioned Whooping Cough?
12 years, 6 months ago

Why Are Babies Dying of Old-Fashioned Whooping Cough?

Slate  

In the past few years, diseases that vaccines are expected to prevent have flared across the country. In the bad old days, whooping cough, like measles, infected nearly all children, often causing terrible sickness or even death. * The infamous vaccine skeptic Barbara Loe Fisher became active in the wake of the broadcast, convinced that DPT had caused her son’s …

US faces worst whooping cough epidemic in 50 yrs
12 years, 8 months ago

US faces worst whooping cough epidemic in 50 yrs

Firstpost  

The US appears headed for its worst year for whooping cough in more than five decades, with the number of cases rising at an epidemic rate that experts say may reflect a problem with the effectiveness of the vaccine. Atlanta: The US appears headed for its worst year for whooping cough in more than five decades, with the number of …

Whooping cough outbreak in Boulder
12 years, 11 months ago

Whooping cough outbreak in Boulder

Slate  

Medical officials are saying that there have been 37 cases of pertussis – whooping cough – reported in my hometown of Boulder so far this year. Denial of the benefits of vaccination is strong in educated areas, like Boulder or Marin county, California – being educated doesn’t mean you get things right, and in fact can make people believe in …

Did Poor Vaccine Response Contribute to California's Whooping Cough Outbreak?
13 years, 6 months ago

Did Poor Vaccine Response Contribute to California's Whooping Cough Outbreak?

Wired  

Breaking news from the 51st ICAAC meeting in Chicago: Physicians from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Rafael, California say they have found an unexpected amount of pertussis – whooping cough – in pre-teen children who had received their mandatory school-entry vaccination booster at age 5 and should have been protected from the disease until about the time of …

Calif. Whooping Cough Cases Near 55-Year High
14 years, 6 months ago

Calif. Whooping Cough Cases Near 55-Year High

NPR  

Calif. Whooping Cough Cases Near 55-Year High The sad story of the whooping cough epidemic that's hit California this year keeps getting sadder. Among the cases that public health authorities know have led to hospitalization, nearly three-quarters involved children less than 6 months old. To protect the youngest and most vulnerable children, it's important that relatives and the community at …

Pertussis claims a ninth infant in California
14 years, 6 months ago

Pertussis claims a ninth infant in California

Slate  

The LA Times is reporting that a ninth infant has died from pertussis – whooping cough – this year alone in California. It may simply be that not enough adults know they need a Tdap booster, or it may be that there is an antivaccination streak in California. Either way, the California Department of Public Health recommends everyone over 7 …

In Calif., Doctors Struggle To Provide Whooping Cough Vaccine
14 years, 8 months ago

In Calif., Doctors Struggle To Provide Whooping Cough Vaccine

NPR  

In Calif., Doctors Struggle To Provide Whooping Cough Vaccine toggle caption CDC Whooping cough has reached epidemic proportions in California. In fact, the director of the California Department of Public Health has declared that the whooping cough outbreak could be the worst in 50 years. Proposed legislation in California would compel health insurers to fully cover the costs of vaccines …

Whooping Cough Epidemic Strikes California
14 years, 9 months ago

Whooping Cough Epidemic Strikes California

NPR  

Whooping Cough Epidemic Strikes California Widespread vaccination has gone a long way toward curbing whooping cough, a highly contagious infection that can be especially dangerous for babies too young to be immunized. By the middle of June, California had reports of 910 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis. Already this year, though, whooping cough has claimed the lives of five …

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