By Heidi Stevenson The CDC and NIH keep pushing the pertussis vaccine, in spite of info that it’s causing the new whooping cough epidemic that is 10 times more deadly than the old whooping cough. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would prefer that you remain unaware of […]
Few students vaccinated against whooping cough so far
Less than 15 percent of the Coachella Valley students required to get a whooping cough booster shot have received the vaccine, school district officials report. “It’s going to be a mess if they all show up in July,” said Denise Magee, director of Student Support Services for Desert Sands Unified School District. A new law […]
New law targets whooping cough
By Joe Goldeen, Record Staff Writer STOCKTON – “New rule: Tdap before school.” If you haven’t heard that mantra yet, chances are you will soon, especially if you’re the parent of a child entering seventh through 12th grade in the coming year. A new state law taking effect July 1 requires all incoming students in […]
Best Practices for Health Care Professionals on the use of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for Diagnosing Pertussis
Published by the CDC With the continuing resurgence of pertussis, health care professionals will see more patients with suspected pertussis. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is an important tool for timely diagnosis of pertussis and is increasingly available to clinicians. PCR is a molecular technique used to detect DNA sequences of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium and […]
Is Whooping Cough Vaccine Working?
By Joanne Faryon SAN DIEGO — A KPBS investigation has found that nearly two out of three people diagnosed with whooping cough in San Diego County this year were fully immunized. California is in the midst of the worst whooping cough epidemic in 50 years. The numbers raise questions about how well the vaccine works. […]