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The grief of a mother whose child died of whooping cough drives her to urge parents to get their kids vaccinated. Such ...
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Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones ...
It’s a sound no parent wants to hear—that relentless cough that just won’t go away. Now, health officials are warning of a ...
It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday said that 35 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were reported ...
As uptake rates improve for the seventh month, more newborns are protected from whooping cough. New figures released today by ...
Callie Grace was born on Christmas Eve 2009 after Katie Van Tornhout and her husband tried for years for a baby.
An infectious disease which “disproportionately” impacts young children and babies is eight times higher than expected this year across the Territory.
Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...
TOKYO, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Whooping cough cases in Japan hit a new weekly record of 3,353 cases, the highest since the current survey method began in 2018, according to the Japan Institute for Health ...