Whooping cough is usually seen mostly in infants and young children, who can develop serious complications. That's why the vaccine is recommended during pregnancy, to pass along protection to the newborn, and for those who spend a lot of time with infants. But public health workers say outbre...
Whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
The population is ageing. Data of notifiable infectious diseases among those aged 65 years and older have been analysed by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The results show that invasive pneumococcal disease was the most common infectious disease, followed by whooping cough (pertussis) and ...
Whooping cough can cause serious complications, especially in babies and young children who haven’t received all recommended whooping cough vaccine doses. But teens and adults can suffer complications, too. These include: [23] Pneumonia (babies and children) ...
Serious side effects do occur, rarely, as with any medication. U.S. authorities were among the first to detect rare occurrences of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart tissue, in young adults who got the COVID vaccine. Most patients recovered quickly. Myocarditis is more commonly caused ...
Because Oregano contains a constituent called Thymol it makes it one of the premier plant medicines for fighting serious bacterial and viral infections. Many of the plants in this tea blend contain Thymol – Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary and sometimes Basil – here is a short wikipedia description on...
Because Oregano contains a constituent called Thymol it makes it one of the premier plant medicines for fighting serious bacterial and viral infections. Many of the plants in this tea blend contain Thymol – Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary and sometimes Basil – here is a short wikipedia description on...
Pertussis in Germany: Regional differences in management and vaccination status of hospitalized cases. Epidemiol. Infect. 127, 63–71. Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar Lindgren, C., Milerad, J., and Lagercrantz, H. (1997). Sudden infant death and prevalence of whooping cough in the Swedish...
Norman said she had seizures as a child around the same time she received the older pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine. And one of her two sons has tics, similar to Tourette's syndrome, which she said began after he had received vaccines. "Can I 100-percent prove that happened from the...
A drug approved to treat obesity in adults and teens is safe and effective for use in kids as young as 6, when combined with diet and exercise.