U.S. health officials say whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that so far this year there have been about 18,500 cases of whooping cough.
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.
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: [24] Pneumonia (babies and children) Seizures (babies and children) Encephalop...
A study of acute persistent cough in school age children and adults in primary care in Auckland Whooping cough is at an all-time low. But Douglas Jenkinson explains that we should not be complacent as whooping cough is still a highly infectious and serious disease. K Philipson 被引量: 0...
a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine infectious disease specialist. 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...
"At first, I felt relieved, and even a bit proud of myself," said Andes, "but then the reality sunk in that we may be in for more difficult nights." The older vaccine for whooping cough was phased out in the late 1990s. It carried a high risk of serious but temporary side effects...
It's a serious disease and can be fatal in very young, very old or immunocompromised patients. It can also be severely debilitating in both adults and adolescents and can lead to complications such as rib fractures and pneumonia. It was prevalent in the United States until the introduction of...
Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Bordetella pertussisis the bacteria that cause whooping cough. It is highly contagious and is sometimes fatal in young children, especially babies. The infection is preventable with vaccination; however, it is often unrecognized in older children and adults. The infection u...
These bacteria produce a potent toxin that inflames the respiratory tract and that prevents the cilia from functioning properly. The disease can be serious or fatal in infants and unimmunized children. It is much milder in teens, adults, and in immunized children – but still can be a real ...