Dec. 6, 2024 – Whooping cough is making a dangerous comeback across the U.S., with cases soaring to 4.5 times more this year than last, according to the CDC. For parents of newborns, this highly contagious respiratory illness poses a serious threat – and protecting yourbabystarts ...
Protecting Newborns Against Whooping CoughResearch suggests that pregnant women who get a vaccination to protect against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough are helping their babies, too.Nicholas Bakalar
Indeed, one study shows that approximately 50% of infants under 3 months old who get whooping cough need to be hospitalized.6 Preventing pertussis in newborns and infants too young to be vaccinated is therefore a team effort. The first step is maternal immunization. Vaccination in pregnancy Mex...
Cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, continue to rise in the U.S. New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show nearly 18,000 cases through Oct. 5. While that is somewhat in line with pre-pandemic numbers, it's a large increase from the sa...
CHICAGO (CBS)— At least five students at Lane Tech High School on the city's North Side have been diagnosed with pertussis, also known as whooping cough, since September, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. The department and Chicago Public Schools said they are actively mon...
Newborns are at the highest risk of infection and, in rare cases, death from pertussis. In very young babies, the symptoms of whooping cough might be more difficult to spot, since producing the distinctive "whoop" requires muscle tone not yet developed. Instead, they may struggle to breathe ...
Pregnant women in UK are offered whooping cough vaccine to protect newborns. Matthew,Billingsley - 《Bmj》 被引量: 16发表: 2012年 Pregnant women in UK are offered whooping cough vaccine to protect newborns as cases and deaths rise. Pregnant women in UK are offered whooping cough vaccine to ...
Whooping cough tests are performed to detect and diagnose infection with B. pertussis. The time between infection with the bacteria and developing signs and symptoms (incubation period) varies from a few days to up to three weeks. B. pertussis typically causes a prolonged, three-stage infection:...
Infants can further be protected through a strategy called cocooning, where family members and caregivers who will be around newborns receive and are up-to-date with their Tdap boosters. Beyond vaccination, teaching children proper hygiene practices, such as handwashing and cough etiquette, is essent...
“Adults infected with whooping cough can cough for quite a long time—sometimes this is referred to as the ‘hundred days cough,’”Amesh A. Adalja, MD, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told Verywell.3 ...