Child pneumonia and whooping cough cases in the Netherlands soar to a three-year high
1 year, 4 months ago

Child pneumonia and whooping cough cases in the Netherlands soar to a three-year high

NL Times  

There is an increase in pneumonia and whooping cough cases among children in the Netherlands. Last week, approximately 10 out of every 100,000 children aged 0 to 14 in the Netherlands visited a general practitioner for whooping cough. This rate is over twice the highest number recorded last year, with general practitioners noting more pneumonia cases among teenagers and young adults than in previous years. While the number of pneumonia cases among children aged 0 to 4 years has been increasing since mid-September, these figures remain lower than those before the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Doctors worried over sudden surge of rib-cracking lung diseases as they reach 13-year high
3 months, 1 week 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, 1 week 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. …

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 …

Whooping cough is at a decade-high level in US
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Whooping cough is at a decade-high level in US

The Independent  

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Whooping Cough Cases Soar in US, With Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Hitting Hardest
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Whooping Cough Cases Soar in US, With Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Hitting Hardest

Associated Press  

Whooping cough cases in the United States are at a decade-high level, with 18,506 cases reported so far this year. The increase is not unexpected, as whooping cough peaks every three to five years. However, state health officials are concerned about the number of cases in Wisconsin, where there have been about 1,000 cases so far this year compared to …

Whooping cough infections are up to 70 times higher this year in some states - is YOUR area a hotspot?
6 months ago

Whooping cough infections are up to 70 times higher this year in some states - is YOUR area a hotspot?

Daily Mail  

Cases of a highly contagious Victorian-era disease have increased five-fold compared to last year, health officials warn. The CDC said the US has recorded more than 15,000 cases of whooping cough in 2024 so far compared to 3,600 this time last year. According to the latest CDC data, rates of whooping cough in the US are five times higher than …

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 …

Alarming whooping cough outbreak dubbed 'deeply concerning' for children in Northwestern US state
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Alarming whooping cough outbreak dubbed 'deeply concerning' for children in Northwestern US state

Daily Mail  

Idaho health authorities have released a warning about a steep increase in cases of a highly contagious Victorian-era disease. Two public health organizations joined together to warn citizens of the Gem State that cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, are 17 times higher this year than last year. Once in the body, the bacteria multiples and releases toxins …

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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Five babies die of whooping cough as cases rise across UK
10 months, 3 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 …

RIVM concerned about increase in whooping cough in babies
1 year, 1 month ago

RIVM concerned about increase in whooping cough in babies

NL Times  

The number of newborns with severe cases of whooping cough has risen sharply in recent weeks. Doctors are now diagnosing around 110 children with whooping cough every week, including around 20 infants, the RIVM reports. The number of reported cases of whooping cough has been increasing since June last year and is much higher than in previous years, both in …

‘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 …

Pregnant women advised to get whooping cough vaccination
9 years, 4 months ago

Pregnant women advised to get whooping cough vaccination

NL Times  

The Health Council advised Minister Edith Schippers of Public Health to have pregnant women vaccinated against pertussis in their last trimester so that their babies are protected against the disease, the Volkskrant reports. This will be the first time that pregnant women are structurally vaccinated in the Netherlands. Currently babies are only vaccinated against pertussis, also known as whooping cough, …

Whooping cough cases increasing fast
10 years, 7 months ago

Whooping cough cases increasing fast

NL Times  

In Overijssel, two Municipal Healtcare Service's in the region of Twente have reported a rise in cases of whooping cough. People showing symptoms of whooping cough can transfer the sickness to others for up to four weeks. "There just has to be a primary school with one sick parent or child, and it breaks out in the entire village", infectious …

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. …

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 …

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