By: Joanne Faryon, KPBS, and Kevin Crowe, Watchdog Institute 15 December 2010 As California experiences its worst whooping cough outbreak in more than 60 years, health officials across the country trumpet vaccinations to protect against the disease. The number of cases of the disease in San Diego County this year has reached a record 1,046 […]
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 […]
Workers suspended for refusing flu shots
By: Jo Ciavaglia 19 November 2010 But Abington Health System officials say more employees are getting vaccinated every day under the threat of losing their jobs in two weeks. The Abington Health System this week suspended without pay more than four dozen employees for failing to get a seasonal flu shot. The suspended employees […]
BARDA awards contracts for influenza vaccine
By: Paul Purlain 11 October 2010 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority has announced a new contract worth $57 million to help safeguard the United States in the case of a pandemic influenza outbreak. The contract with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur is an extension of an existing […]