By: Susan London, Internal Medicine News Digital Network 08 December 2010 SEATTLE – Inadvertent freezing of the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine while it is being stored in vaccine refrigerators may be contributing to the rise in pertussis in the community, new data suggest. Using continuous data loggers, investigators at the Baylor […]
Some elderly patients can't get whooping cough vaccine
By: Rong-Gong II, Los Angelos Times 25 October 2010 Whooping cough shot wasn’t tested on older people, but state says they should get it. Some doctors are erroneously telling elderly patients that they cannot receive an inoculation for whooping cough, despite recommendations issued this summer by state health officials urging senior citizens to […]
Whooping cough concerns: Are your kids vaccinated?
By: Megan Coleman 21 October 2010 We’re seeing more cases of whooping cough across New York and state health officials are urging parents to get their children vaccinated. It was too late for yet another infant in California, who recently died from the infection, also known as pertussis. That brings the total number of deaths […]
Whooping cough epidemic claims the life of tenth baby in California
By: Daily Mail Reporter 21 October 2010 A whooping cough outbreak in California has left 10 babies dead and 5,658 confirmed or probable cases. Health officials say a 6-week-old baby in San Diego county was the latest victim in this year’s epidemic – the worst in 55 years. The previous record was set in 1955 […]
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