Doctors call for whooping cough vaccination uptake amid worst year on record for cases
2 months 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 get vaccinated urgently as whooping cough numbers reach a nine-year high.

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

Infant immunization schedule changes from Jan 1
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Infant immunization schedule changes from Jan 1

China Daily  

China has adjusted immunization schedules for a vaccine that protects infants against whooping cough in response to an increase in infections in recent years, the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention said this week. Under China's current national immunization program, a combination vaccine that prevents diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough will be delivered at three, four, five and 18 …

US records highest whooping cough cases in a decade; know the symptoms, causes and complications of pertussis
2 weeks, 2 days ago

US records highest whooping cough cases in a decade; know the symptoms, causes and complications of pertussis

India TV News  

Whooping cough cases have reached a decade high in the United States. This year saw a six-fold increase in whooping cough cases when compared to the same time in 2023 when 6,514 in the entire year. While deaths due to whooping cough are rare, it is usually seen among infants who haven't completed the full course of the vaccination. Symptoms …

The quest for a longer-lasting whooping cough vaccine
1 month, 1 week 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
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

Highly contagious whooping cough rises in California to highest level in years
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Highly contagious whooping cough rises in California to highest level in years

LA Times  

Pertussis treatment within the first one to two weeks is most effective for reducing symptom severity, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Los Angeles County, there have been 347 confirmed and probable whooping cough cases so far this year, up from 126 reported in all of 2023 and more than quadruple the 2022 total. One …

My baby died from Victorian-era disease as vaccination rates for the illness plummet in US
2 months, 1 week 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 …

We're Doctors. Here Are 4 Things Parents Need To Understand About Vaccines.
2 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Whooping cough is at a decade-high level in US
2 months, 3 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
2 months, 3 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 …

Doctors warn American teens are spreading Victorian era disease that can kill infants
2 months, 3 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 cases rise in South Australia as children, mums, healthcare and education workers encouraged to get boosters
4 months ago

Whooping cough cases rise in South Australia as children, mums, healthcare and education workers encouraged to get boosters

ABC  

South Australia has reported more than 10 times as many whooping cough cases in 2024 compared to the same time last year, as the country faces an explosion of cases. South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer, Nicola Spurrier, said the state was experiencing a whooping cough wave with 492 cases reported in 2024 - the highest number in six years. …

'Urgent' public health concerns raised as whooping cough cases reach nine-year high
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Urgent' public health concerns raised as whooping cough cases reach nine-year high

ABC  

Whooping cough cases across Australia have exploded this year, with infectious disease experts saying reported numbers are cause for "serious public health concerns". "The fact that young children are missing from that data and not featuring highly is a result of our vaccine success and especially the program to offer free whooping cough boosters to all pregnant women," he said. …

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

Australia on track for worst year of whooping cough since 2016 as cases surge across the country
6 months, 1 week ago

Australia on track for worst year of whooping cough since 2016 as cases surge across the country

ABC  

In short: Australia is heading towards a whooping cough epidemic with cases spiking across the country. Australia is heading towards a whooping cough epidemic, with cases surging past 11,000 over the past six months, compared to 2,447 in all of last year. "The immune system is so busy attacking whooping cough that it also makes you more vulnerable to other …

California ‘overdue’ for whooping cough outbreak as cases spike across U.S.
7 months ago

California ‘overdue’ for whooping cough outbreak as cases spike across U.S.

LA Times  

An infant gets a vaccination in Fayetteville, Ga., in this 2021 photo. It’s been five years since the last major outbreak of whooping cough in California, but the disease is on the rise. And in California, case counts “have been higher during the first several months of 2024 than in the prior several years,” the state Department of Public Health …

The mysterious spike in whooping cough cases
7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Why is whooping cough surging in the UK? Falling vaccination rates may be the answer
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is whooping cough surging in the UK? Falling vaccination rates may be the answer

Hindustan Times  

A large outbreak of pertussis has been ongoing in the UK since the beginning of 2024. Sadly, five infant deaths due to whooping cough have been confirmed, with unconfirmed reports that a sixth infant may have died in the last week of the bacterial infection. The reason whooping cough is so infectious is in part due to pertussis having a …

Are parents who think they 'know better' to blame for the whooping cough surge? asks Dr MAX PEMBERTON
7 months, 4 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
9 months 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 …

RIVM concerned about increase in whooping cough in babies
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Pregnant women told to get vaccinated amid spike in suspected whooping cough cases
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Child pneumonia and whooping cough cases in the Netherlands soar to a three-year high
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Mother of Brisbane teen who nearly died from meningococcal disease urges parents to get their children vaccinated
1 year, 2 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 …

Covid Australia: Vaccinating millions of children 'would halve spread of Delta variant'
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid Australia: Vaccinating millions of children 'would halve spread of Delta variant'

Daily Mail  

Giving millions of children under the age of 15 a Covid-19 jab would halve the spread of the virus and make lockdowns one-third less likely, according to new modelling. University of Melbourne forecasting predicts 80 per cent of the population aged over 12 could be fully vaccinated by November 29 if children were included in the targets, based on how …

Whooping cough vaccine becomes less effective over time, study shows
5 years, 7 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 …

30 Harvard-Westlake students diagnosed with whooping cough amid wider outbreak
5 years, 10 months ago

30 Harvard-Westlake students diagnosed with whooping cough amid wider outbreak

LA Times  

Thirty students at the private Harvard-Westlake School have recently fallen ill with whooping cough, part of a larger outbreak across Los Angeles County that officials are struggling to contain. For the record: An earlier version of this article erroneously said that the Harvard-Westlake student newspaper reported that county health officials sent an email to parents about the whooping cough outbreak. …

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