Watching an infant suffer through a bout of whooping cough is agonizing. Blue face scrunched with effort, the baby strains to take a breath through a narrowed windpipe. She struggles, choking, for what seems like eons. Finally, a tiny puff of air squeaks in—the "whoop" that gives the d...
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Whooping cough is a very contagious bacteria, hence, the reason why we really focus on immunization. The intent of getting vaccinated is really twofold. One is to, one, prevent yourself from getting the whooping cough. And then two is if you actually do get the whooping cough, to prevent...
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Last year, there was a total of 163 reported cases of whooping cough in Georgia, according to the CDC. And this year through Aug. 21, there have been a total of 102 cases, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The highly contagious respiratory illness is not always on the...
Add pertussis, or whooping cough, to the list of respiratory infections that plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic and began to surge during its final year. As with the other respiratory infections, pertussis cases, caused by the bacteriumBordetella pertussisand spread via airborne droplets, ...
1. Describe the 4 causes of market failure. Why is it safe to assume that the government will continue to subsidize inoculations against diseases like whooping cough and small pox for young children? Describe the 4 causes of market failure. Why is it safe to assume that the governmen...
Describe the 4 causes of market failure. Why is it safe to assume that the government will continue to subsidize inoculations against diseases like whooping cough and small pox for young children? 1. Describe the 4 causes of market failure. Why is it safe to assume that the government will...
We live in an age when all manner of scientific knowledge—from climate change to vaccinations—faces furious opposition. Some even have doubts about the moon landing.
The ultimate measure of the safety of the food supply is whether people are getting sick from the things they eat. From this perspective, the US has one of the safest food supplies in the world. Mortality and serious morbidity due to infectious diseases, in general, and foodborne diseases, ...