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How measles, whooping cough and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.'s watch
2 weeks, 3 days ago

How measles, whooping cough and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.'s watch

NPR  

How measles, whooping cough and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.'s watch toggle caption Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images The availability of safe, effective COVID vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infectious diseases. Now, after backlash against public health interventions …

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The quest for a longer-lasting whooping cough vaccine
2 weeks, 5 days 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 …

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Queensland experiencing worst whooping cough epidemic on record, costing the life of two-month-old baby
3 weeks, 6 days 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 …

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Highly contagious whooping cough rises in California to highest level in years
1 month 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 …

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Doctors call for whooping cough vaccination uptake amid worst year on record for cases
1 month, 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 …

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‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea

Raw Story  

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is expected to put RFK Jr., a known AIDS denialist and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and purveyor of vaccine misinformation who has likened the use of vaccines to the "holocaust," in charge …

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My baby died from Victorian-era disease as vaccination rates for the illness plummet in US
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

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Walking pneumonia cases are skyrocketing in kids this year
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Walking pneumonia cases are skyrocketing in kids this year

The Independent  

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Truth about the 'crunchy mums': They reject vaccines, homeschool and let their children go barefoot... and say they're doing a better job than most modern mums
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Truth about the 'crunchy mums': They reject vaccines, homeschool and let their children go barefoot... and say they're doing a better job than most modern mums

Daily Mail  

On a recent trip to her local playground, Kiera Jennings's seven-year-old son ran over to her, upset that the other boys were playing roughly and talking about a computer game he'd never heard of. Kiera knows that her choices 'may be alternative, but they're all made with my son's interests at heart' One mother reports that she fears her partner …

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

Whooping cough is at a decade-high level in US

The Independent  

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Doctors warn American teens are spreading Victorian era disease that can kill infants
2 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 …

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U.S. School Vaccination Rates Fall As Exemptions Keep Rising
2 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. School Vaccination Rates Fall As Exemptions Keep Rising

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Tuesday. The rates help explain a worrisome creep in cases of whooping cough, measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases, said Dr. Raynard Washington, chair of the Big Cities Health Coalition, which …

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'Urgent' public health concerns raised as whooping cough cases reach nine-year high
4 months 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. …

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Is distrust in politics linked to falling vaccination rates?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Is distrust in politics linked to falling vaccination rates?

The Independent  

At a time of intense pressure on the NHS, falling rates of vaccination for whooping cough and measles, mumps and rubella have alarmed the UK Health Security Agency. With the relaxation of these rules, the “overdue” whopping cough peak seems to have arrived – and the impact of the pandemic also means there is reduced immunity to whooping cough in …

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Greg Rutherford's bout of bad luck continues as he is blighted by food poisoning at the Paris Olympics - after tearing his stomach open and suffering with whooping cough
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Greg Rutherford's bout of bad luck continues as he is blighted by food poisoning at the Paris Olympics - after tearing his stomach open and suffering with whooping cough

Daily Mail  

Greg Rutherford has revealed his first day at the Olympics in Paris was blighted by a nasty case of food poisioning. Greg Rutherford has revealed his first day at the Olympics in Paris was blighted by a nasty case of food poisioning The track and field star, 37, told how he recorded an episode of the Inside Track podcast with …

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How soon until you feel sick after catching someone else's illness? From measles to colds, flu and Covid, our expert guide to when the symptoms will hit...
5 months ago

How soon until you feel sick after catching someone else's illness? From measles to colds, flu and Covid, our expert guide to when the symptoms will hit...

Daily Mail  

Sitting next to someone with a hacking cough on a crowded plane or train, hearing the friend you had a drink with last night has since tested positive for Covid, or your child's schoolfriend has thrown up in the classroom, most of us fear the worst and wonder if, or simply just when, we'll come down with the same lurgy. …

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Between the flu, COVID and RSV, we have 'so many things circulating simultaneously'. Here's what the data says
6 months ago

Between the flu, COVID and RSV, we have 'so many things circulating simultaneously'. Here's what the data says

ABC  

If it feels like everyone around you is getting sick, you're probably right. "We're not seeing a particularly extraordinary year in terms of flu or RSV in isolation," says infectious diseases physician and clinical microbiologist Paul Griffin. "It's really hard to know why we see the rates of all these infections that we do," Dr Griffin told ABC News. "I …

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California ‘overdue’ for whooping cough outbreak as cases spike across U.S.
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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The mysterious spike in whooping cough cases
6 months, 4 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 …

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Rise in whooping cough cases across US and Europe prompts concerns among health experts
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Rise in whooping cough cases across US and Europe prompts concerns among health experts

Hindustan Times  

Whooping cough, or pertussis, cases are spiking across the US and Europe. 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. And flu cases have maybe doubled in the years since the pandemic, Hunter said — they haven't risen …

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Why is whooping cough surging in the UK? Falling vaccination rates may be the answer
7 months, 1 week 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 …

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Are parents who think they 'know better' to blame for the whooping cough surge? asks Dr MAX PEMBERTON
7 months, 1 week 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 …

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GP surgeries bring back facemasks amid whooping cough outbreak: Patients are asked to wear face coverings to appointments and wait outside
7 months, 1 week ago

GP surgeries bring back facemasks amid whooping cough outbreak: Patients are asked to wear face coverings to appointments and wait outside

Daily Mail  

GPs surgeries are once again asking patients to wear face masks to appointments amid the nationwide outbreak of whooping cough. Pictured: The Parkview Surgery in Uxbridge, Middlesex, which told patients: 'If you have a face to face appointment, the doctors ask that you wear a face mask to your appointment' Pictured: West Hampstead Medical Centre which has emailed all of …

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Flu, RSV, and COVID triple whammy of viruses join whooping cough surge as doctors urge to vaccinate
8 months, 1 week 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 …

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