The best defense against pertussis is vaccination. The DTaP vaccine and the Tdap booster provide effective protection, reducing the risk of severe illness and limiting the spread. Parents should ...

The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be behind us, but the end of lockdown has left another illness on the rise: ...

There have been 1232 cases of whooping cough notified since the onset of the epidemic (19 October) until the end of last week, and 101 cases needed to be hospitalised, Chamberlain said. Of those ...

Health officials were keeping their fingers crossed today that no more children have fallen ill in an outbreak of whooping cough at a primary school. At least 23 children have fallen ill with the ...

Both cases occur at a time when South Dakota has witnessed a massive surge in pertussis, often referred to as whooping cough. According to South Dakota Department of Health data for 2024 ...

This whooping cough epidemic might be the biggest, ugliest and most challenging in New Zealand's history. Photo / 123RF Wanting to help children was one of the main reasons I became an ...

As of January 2025, E Tipu E Rea have had no confirmed cases of whooping cough, which Mana Amorangi ... says there’s just under one week left to give feedback on the proposals to fund six ...

During 2023, three infants also sadly died from whooping cough. “Whooping cough is highly contagious and can cause serious harm to pēpi, especially those aged under six-weeks-old, who are too young to ...

"Whooping cough is highly contagious and can cause serious harm to pēpi, especially those aged under six weeks old, who are too young to be vaccinated," Dr Reid said. "Parents or caregivers should ...

"It has the whoop." Cases of pertussis -- or whooping cough -- are surging. Preliminary data from the CDC shows that toward the end of 2024, there were six times as many cases reported compared to ...

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Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. GSK, Holcim, Kering have set the first SBTN-validated science-based targets for nature Kering aims to cut water use ...