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With the risk of whooping cough infections rising, it's a good time to make sure you're up to date on your Tdap booster, experts say. Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly infectious respiratory ...
Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. Cases of whooping cough are ...
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Two Kentucky infants died from whooping cough in the past six months, the first such deaths since 2018. Neither infant nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations. Kentucky has ...
Like so many others, the Northern transplant flew to Florida for warmer temperatures, landed in Osceola County and stayed over 20 years. Now he’s moved on. This particular snowbird, however, was an ...
No one should have to go through what my family did when my vaccinated son contracted whooping cough from a child infected with the highly contagious disease. His mother wrongly believed in “natural ...
Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection. By Teddy Rosenbluth After a brief lull during the pandemic, whooping cough has bounced ...
PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Thousands of people from across the world have gathered in Port Aransas for a rare opportunity to observe the endangered whooping crane during the 28th annual Whooping Crane ...
Whooping cough cases have jumped sharply year over year but remain in line with pre-pandemic numbers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. The CDC, which tracks whooping ...
As friends and family gather this holiday season, there’s a warning for new parents. The CDC says cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, remain elevated this year. An unvaccinated infant died from the ...