Independent i.e. By Patricia McDonagh Monday December 13 2010 PHILIP Delaney was a vulnerable six-month-old baby when he was first injected with the unauthorised ‘five-in-one’ vaccine. Over the next two months, he was given the combined jab on three separate occasions in an apparently secret trial. Now, more than 40 years later, he is determined […]
Adults may not be spreading whooping cough: study
Reuters
By Julie Steenhuysen
Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:04pm EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Children largely spread whooping cough among themselves, so blanket vaccination campaigns targeting teens and adults may be a waste of time, according to a study that looks at how social patterns affect disease transmission.
The findings, published on Thursday in the journal Science, contradict the notion that infected adults are behind outbreaks in California and elsewhere of whooping cough, a contagious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.
Vaccine panel expands whooping cough coverage
Reuters By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO | Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:31pm EDT CHICAGO (Reuters) – An independent U.S. advisory panel is amending its recommendations for booster vaccines to prevent whooping cough and expand protection from the disease that has made a comeback in several U.S. states. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted on Wednesday […]
