Infant immunization schedule changes from Jan 1
2 months, 3 weeks 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 months of age and a booster shot that protects against diphtheria and tetanus will be delivered at 6 years old. Shen Hongbing, director of the administration, said during an academic conference in March that the incidence rate of whooping cough in China began trending upward around 2014 due to various factors, including growing public awareness, improved sensitivity of surveillance networks, as well as a drop in vaccination coverage in some regions and waning immunity induced by vaccines. Li added that China's national immunization program now includes 14 types of vaccines that can protect against 15 contagious illnesses and the immunization rate among targeted children have maintained above 90 percent.

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No new infectious diseases in China: China CDC
2 months, 1 week ago

No new infectious diseases in China: China CDC

China Daily  

BEIJING - There are no new infectious diseases in China, and the current respiratory infectious diseases in the country are all caused by known pathogens, according to an expert with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Influenza is currently the primary disease prompting visits to healthcare institutions for patients with acute respiratory infections, according to Wang Liping, a …

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

Infant immunization schedule changes from Jan 1
2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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

Highly contagious whooping cough rises in California to highest level in years
4 months 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 …

Doctors call for whooping cough vaccination uptake amid worst year on record for cases
4 months, 2 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 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 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
5 months, 1 week 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 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, 2 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, 1 week 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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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 …

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 …

China races to vaccinate the elderly, but many are reluctant
2 years, 2 months ago

China races to vaccinate the elderly, but many are reluctant

LA Times  

A 76-year-old man in Beijing who would give only his surname, Fu, says he wants to be vaccinated but has diabetes and high blood pressure. “When people hear about such incidents, they may not be willing to take the vaccines,” said Li, who had been vaccinated before he caught COVID-19. The National Health Commission announced a campaign Nov. 29 to …

China sees nearly 37 million new Covid cases in one single day, says report
2 years, 2 months ago

China sees nearly 37 million new Covid cases in one single day, says report

India TV News  

China Covid Wave: China, which is going through its worst phase of the Covid pandemic so far, reported nearly 37 million new infections in a day this week, ANI cited UK-based Financial Times report. Meanwhile, a leaked document, purportedly from China's National Health Commission, said around 248 million, roughly 17.56 per cent of the total population were affected by the …

Covid across the world: China begins mass testing in Tianjin, UK's campaign for jabs for pregnant women
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid across the world: China begins mass testing in Tianjin, UK's campaign for jabs for pregnant women

India Today  

As the fast-spreading Omicron variant of coronavirus becomes the dominant variant of coronavirus, governments across the world are acting aggressively to get their populations vaccinated against the virus. Here’s a rundown of how countries around the world are dealing with the latest Covid surge: United Kingdom The UK government has kicked off an advertising campaign encouraging pregnant women to get …

Booster doses recommended for select groups
3 years, 6 months ago

Booster doses recommended for select groups

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2021-09-22 A middle school student receives a COVID-19 vaccination shot in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on Wednesday. WU JUNJIE/CHINA NEWS SERVICE COVID-19 booster shots are currently recommended for the elderly or immunocompromised, people planning to travel to foreign regions with surging infections and workers in high-risk sectors, a Chinese health official said on Friday. Whether the wider population should …

Latest: China reports 62 new cases, 1 billion vaccinated
3 years, 6 months ago

Latest: China reports 62 new cases, 1 billion vaccinated

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. All but one of the cases was detected over …

China has administered 2 billion Covid vaccine shots. But coercive measures are sparking anger
3 years, 6 months ago

China has administered 2 billion Covid vaccine shots. But coercive measures are sparking anger

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Hong Kong CNN — China’s coronavirus vaccination drive has surpassed 2 billion doses, authorities announced Friday, but heavy-handed tactics intended to boost inoculation rates are triggering backlash …

Chinese vaccine developers target delta variant
3 years, 7 months ago

Chinese vaccine developers target delta variant

China Daily  

Doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus disease are seen. A handful of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine developers said recently that they have obtained the highly contagious delta variant and geared up to develop vaccines targeting the new strain, which has spread to more than 130 countries and regions. Last week, Yang Xiaoming, president of Sinopharm's China National Biotech …

Fresh Covid-19 outbreaks in China despite 1.6 billion vaccine doses, all made-in-China
3 years, 7 months ago

Fresh Covid-19 outbreaks in China despite 1.6 billion vaccine doses, all made-in-China

India Today  

The National Health Commission of China last week announced that more than 1.6 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine doses were given to citizens in eligible age groups. A police officer wearing protective gear explains pandemic prevention information to fight against the spread of Covid-19 to a worker at Nanjing port in China's eastern Jiangsu province on August 4, 2021. CHINESE …

China mulls booster shots to step up herd immunity
3 years, 7 months ago

China mulls booster shots to step up herd immunity

China Daily  

By WANG XIAOYU | China Daily | Updated: Aug 3, 2021 Although there isn't enough evidence now to support delivering COVID-19 booster shots to the general public, China is studying whether it is necessary to give additional doses to vulnerable groups and high-risk workers in order to boost immunity, health experts said. Shao Yiming, a researcher at the Chinese Center …

China's Vaccine Diplomacy In Question As Countries Using Sinopharm, Sinovac Jabs Witness Surge In Covid Cases
3 years, 8 months ago

China's Vaccine Diplomacy In Question As Countries Using Sinopharm, Sinovac Jabs Witness Surge In Covid Cases

ABP News  

Washington: Several nations, including Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain, which had relied on the Chinese Covid-19 vaccines to combat the pandemic and bring back normalcy, are now battling a surge in infections. The examples from several countries suggest the Chinese vaccines may not be very effective at preventing the spread of the virus, particularly the new variants, The New York Times …

Vaccination key to preventing spread of COVID
3 years, 9 months ago

Vaccination key to preventing spread of COVID

China Daily  

By WANG XIAOYU | China Daily| Updated :2021-05-25 Imported COVID-19 infections, sporadic local outbreaks and constant virus mutations have all threatened to disrupt China's stable epidemic control situation, experts said on Thursday, urging the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible while also abiding by personal hygiene measures. Preliminary research shows that China's COVID-19 vaccines currently in use can …

WHO approves China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, has 79% efficacy
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO approves China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, has 79% efficacy

India Today  

In a big relief for China, the World Health Organisation on Friday finally granted the conditional approval to its Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, a move that could help Beijing step up its vaccine diplomacy amid the surge in coronavirus vaccines in several countries. While WHO has listed the Pfizer/BioNTech, Astrazeneca-SK Bio, Serum Institute of India, Janssen vaccines for …

Vaccines said key to reopen intl borders
3 years, 11 months ago

Vaccines said key to reopen intl borders

China Daily  

Students get inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary site at Tsinghua University in Beijing, on March 1, 2021. Quick rollout needs to continue to reach 70% inoculation rate for herd immunity Mass vaccination is the only way for China to build herd immunity against the novel coronavirus and fully reopen to the world, a renowned health expert said. …

Vaccines said key to reopen intl borders
3 years, 11 months ago

Vaccines said key to reopen intl borders

China Daily  

Students get inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary site at Tsinghua University in Beijing, on March 1, 2021. Quick rollout needs to continue to reach 70% inoculation rate for herd immunity Mass vaccination is the only way for China to build herd immunity against the novel coronavirus and fully reopen to the world, a renowned health expert said. …

Vaccines said key to reopen intl borders
3 years, 11 months ago

Vaccines said key to reopen intl borders

China Daily  

Students get inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary site at Tsinghua University in Beijing, on March 1, 2021. Quick rollout needs to continue to reach 70% inoculation rate for herd immunity Mass vaccination is the only way for China to build herd immunity against the novel coronavirus and fully reopen to the world, a renowned health expert said. …

China Says 16 Covid-19 Vaccines Undergoing Clinical Trials, Seven in Phase 3
4 years, 1 month ago

China Says 16 Covid-19 Vaccines Undergoing Clinical Trials, Seven in Phase 3

News 18  

As the demand for the COVID-19 vaccine intensified around the world, China said that it has increased the number of vaccines undergoing clinical trials to 16 from 11 to step up supplies at home and abroad. Yang Sheng, Deputy Director of China’s National Medical Products Administration’s drug registration bureau, said last month that a total of 11 Chinese vaccine candidates …

China pandemic control goes rural ahead of Lunar New Year
4 years, 2 months ago

China pandemic control goes rural ahead of Lunar New Year

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China is concentrating its pandemic …

China's coronavirus rollout plan revealed as authorities aim to vaccinate 50 million before Lunar New Year
4 years, 2 months ago

China's coronavirus rollout plan revealed as authorities aim to vaccinate 50 million before Lunar New Year

ABC  

Vaccinations against COVID-19 are underway in at least 75 Chinese cities, as Beijing aims to inoculate tens of millions of its population in the lead up to the Lunar New Year in February. Key points: China's approved COVID-19 vaccine is reportedly 79.34 per cent effective China's approved COVID-19 vaccine is reportedly 79.34 per cent effective Political leaders are being urged …

Over 217,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Shandong
4 years, 2 months ago

Over 217,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Shandong

China Daily  

JINAN -- A total of 217,158 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to key groups with higher risks of infection in East China's Shandong province, authorities said on Monday. These groups include those engaged in the handling of imported cold-chain products, customs officers, medical workers, and people working in public transport and fresh produce markets. The vaccination has comforted …

The Cost of Delaying Vaccination for Children in COVID-19
4 years, 5 months ago

The Cost of Delaying Vaccination for Children in COVID-19

The Quint  

Disruptions are caused by a lack of services offered, a reluctance and fear to leave home even if services are available, transport issues and economic problems among others. According to the WHO report, the regional coverage of the third dose of DTP in South Asia - notably across India, Nepal and Pakistan, “ increased by 12 percentage points over the …

Coronavirus | China administering COVID-19 vaccines since July, says official
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | China administering COVID-19 vaccines since July, says official

The Hindu  

China has since July 22 been administering its domestically-developed COVID-19 vaccines to a broad range of people whose number may soon be in the hundreds of thousands, including medical workers, the armed forces, and employees of companies who are working overseas on Belt and Road Initiative projects, said a health official on August 22. “The number of people being vaccinated …

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 …

Whooping Cough Outbreak In New Brunswick Has Officials Urging Vaccination
5 years, 10 months ago

Whooping Cough Outbreak In New Brunswick Has Officials Urging Vaccination

Huff Post  

Steve Debenport via Getty Images Whooping cough has been spreading in New Brunswick. On Wednesday, health officials in New Brunswick declared a whooping cough outbreak in Fredericton after 12 cases have been discovered since January, 10 of them in children. Story continues below The main symptom of whooping cough, or pertussis, is severe coughing that may be followed "whoop" sound …

30 Harvard-Westlake students diagnosed with whooping cough amid wider outbreak
6 years 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. …

‘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 …

Bad doses of baby vaccine are recalled
7 years, 4 months ago

Bad doses of baby vaccine are recalled

China Daily  

Two companies released thousands of ineffective inoculations for newborns More than 650,000 doses of a vaccine routinely given to newborns in China have been recalled after testing showed they were ineffective. Some doses were administered before the recall, "which might diminish the immunization effect but will not threaten people's health", the China Food and Drug Administration said in a statement …

Going Back To The Old Whooping Cough Vaccine Could Save Lives
8 years, 11 months 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 …

Anti-Vaxxers Are Officially To Blame For The Rise In 2 Preventable Diseases
8 years, 11 months ago

Anti-Vaxxers Are Officially To Blame For The Rise In 2 Preventable Diseases

Huff Post  

The recent rise in the U.S. of vaccine-preventable diseases has been largely blamed on those who refuse to vaccinate their children. 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, two common vaccine-preventable conditions. Researchers at Emory University and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School …

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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China-made vaccine ready to help world's children
10 years, 8 months ago

China-made vaccine ready to help world's children

China Daily  

Chinese-made vaccines for Japanese encephalitis are expected to be exported by early next year to needy Southeast Asian countries, protecting children there from the lethal virus. Additionally, the Japanese encephalitis vaccine produced by Chengdu Institute of Biological Products of Sinopharm received WHO pre-qualification in October, which means it's up to international standards for quality, safety and efficacy. Berkley said that …

Whooping cough reaches epidemic level in California
10 years, 9 months ago

Whooping cough reaches epidemic level in California

LA Times  

On average, state epidemiologists expect to see 80 to 100 cases of whooping cough each month. For the first time in four years, California is experiencing a statewide epidemic of pertussis, or whooping cough, with infants under the age of 6 months facing the greatest risk of hospitalization or death, according to state health authorities. “We also urge parents to …

Education needed on health vaccinations[2]- Chinadaily.com.cn
10 years, 11 months ago

Education needed on health vaccinations[2]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Statistics show among the 130 million newborns annually in the world, fewer than 29 million are fully immunized as the WHO recommends. In China, ever since free vaccinations became widely available from the late 1970s, many dangerous diseases, such as polio and hepatitis B, have been eliminated or largely reduced. After that, some areas reported a 30-percent drop in the …

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, 5 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. …

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