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Whooping cough, croup cases on the rise 24 Nov 2005
The arrival of flu season has brought an increase in two other illnesses to the Asheville area: the respiratory system infection pertussis, also known as ...
- Asheville Citizen-Times,
Whooping Cough Patient Was Never Notified 24 Nov 2005
...to please where a mask.". When she arrived at Kaiser to see the doctor, he informed her she had pertussis. Chris Al-Sudairy: "And ...
- abc7news.com,
Pertussis in County on the increase Nov 22, 2005
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Public Health Branch has reported an increase in local pertussis (whooping cough) cases this November. ...
- The Eureka Reporter,
Davis County pertussis rate is four times the national average Nov 20, 2005
..."In the past, the chance of running into someone with pertussis was small," said Brian Hatch, an epidemiologist with the health department. ...
- The Casper Star Tribune,
Hacking won't stop? Could be pertussis Nov 16, 2005
I knew I was disrupting other people," van Aarde, 30, said. Doctors blame pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, for a spike in hacking fits nationwide. ...
- Houston Chronicle,
New Oregon Public Service Ads Raise Awareness About Pertussis ... Nov 16, 2005
...red lights seem like an eternity," is the slogan of a new public service announcement that promotes childhood immunization to prevent pertussis and other ...
- NewsAshland.com,
Community has pertussis cases Nov 15, 2005
In a letter sent out Friday, Gothard said pertussis is a disease caused by bacteria and is spread through droplets in the air when an infected person coughs or ...
- West Liberty Index,
National Partnership for Immunization Supports Recommendations for ... Oct 26, 2005
...and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommending that the Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis) booster vaccine ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Two Newton students treated for pertussis Nov 3, 2005
Two Newton High School students are being treated for pertussis -- whooping cough -- and at least 14 other students have been tested, though no other cases ...
- Kansas.com,
Health concern Hepatitis A, pertussis vaccinations recommended Oct 28, 2005
Buchanan said cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, which is a highly contagious disease that causes severe coughing, have increased statewide. ...
- Madison Courier,
(PRN) - National Partnership for Immunization Supports ... Oct 26, 2005
...(PRN) - New Guidance on Adult Whooping Cough Vaccination Endorsed by National Foundation for Infectious Diseases ... [+. PRN) - Grupo ...
- Bolsamania.com,
The way to whoop whooping cough Nov 21, 2005
Although the use of vaccines has decreased the incidence of childhood whooping cough, the causative agent, Bordetella pertussis, somehow remains endemic in ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Whooping cough tapers off at school Nov 21, 2005
Davenport West High School has seen 24 cases of pertussis in recent weeks, but public health officials said Monday the problem “appears to be tapering off ...
- Quad City Times,
Whooping cough is on the rise Nov 20, 2005
The Humboldt County Public Health Branch has reported an increase in local pertussis (whooping cough) cases this month. Since February ...
- Times-Standard,
Cough attacks Nov 20, 2005
However, with whooping cough, also known as Bordatella Pertussis (or just Pertussis), the vaccines are being proven to have age failure, as Fort Hays State ...
- Bowling Green News,
Pertussis vaccine recommended for adults Nov 12, 2005
...voted to recommend that adults from 19 to 64 years of age be vaccinated with a newly licensed adult booster tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough ...
- myDNA.com,
Pertussis, adolescents and adults susceptible to the infection Oct 29, 2005
Saint Louis University have demonstrated that immunization with a new vaccine could potentially prevent more than a million cases of pertussis ( whooping cough ...
- Xagena.it,
US Panel Urges Pertussis Vaccine for Adults Oct 27, 2005
ATLANTA (Reuters) Oct 27 - US adults should be vaccinated against pertussis to stop its spread among infants, who are especially vulnerable to the infection, a ...
- Medscape (subscription)
Cases of whooping cough risePublished: Friday, November 18, 2005 ... Nov 17, 2005
Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have been detected in 11 residents this year. Mild pertussis cases are often mistaken ...
- Elkhart Truth,
NFID Telebriefing This Wednesday: CDC Committee Recommends Adult ... Nov 8, 2005
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) call for routine vaccination of all adults with a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) booster ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Whooping cough makes an unexpected comeback Nov 15, 2005
While pertussis is usually not serious in adults, it can be fatal to infants who have not received the full course of five doses. ...
- Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,
Whooping cough shots for adults urged Nov 9, 2005
Travis County has racked up more than a third of the state's cases, making it the worst county in the state for whooping cough, or pertussis, according to ...
- Austin American-Statesman (subscription),
Schools issue whooping cough warning Nov 9, 2005
A ninth-grade student at Bainbridge High School has a confirmed case of pertussis, the highly contagious disease also known as whooping cough. ...
- Bainbridge Island Review,
Immunization is now recommended for adults. Nov 14, 2005
Doctors blame pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, for a spike in such hacking fits nationwide. Despite decades of vaccinating ...
- Philadelphia Inquirer,
Whooping cough on the rise in Stanislaus County Nov 17, 2005
Trudi Prevette, Public Health Communicable Disease nurse said after confirming the diagnosis of Pertussis, nurses immediately “begin contact investigation to ...
- Ceres Courier,
Oral typhoid vaccine is tested Nov 22, 2005
Whooping cough vaccine is effective (October 12, 2005) -- Scientists in Washington say a vaccine to protect against Bordetella pertussis infection -- or ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Seeking a one-size-fits-all flu vaccine Nov 22, 2005
...vaccine. He notes that there's preliminary evidence that the hepatitis B and pertussis viruses have evolved after adopting to vaccines. ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
Whooping cough cases climb in state Nov 16, 2005
The Sedgwick County Health Department has had 84 confirmed, probable or suspect cases of pertussis so far this year, compared with 10 at this time last year. ...
- Kansas.com,
Mobile infant infected with whooping cough Nov 17, 2005
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial infection that can cause coughing spells so bad it becomes difficult for a person to eat, drink or ...
- Mobile Register,
UWSP sees first case of whooping cough Nov 18, 2005
What: Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is a contagious disease of the respiratory system, caused by bacteria found in the mouth, nose and throat of ...
- Wisconsin Daily Rapids Tribune,
Whooping Cough Vaccine Not Just For Kids Anymore Oct 26, 2005
Saint Louis University have demonstrated that immunization with a new vaccine could potentially prevent more than a million cases of pertussis (whooping cough ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Whooping cough continues to spread in Bozeman Nov 9, 2005
Additional cases of pertussis have cropped up in Bozeman recently, affecting several Montana State University students and staff members. ...
- The Bozeman Daily Chronicle,
Whooping Cough Outbreaks Plague Kansas Nov 16, 2005
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory disease often characterized by the signature "whoop" heard when a person struggles to breathe. ...
- ABC News
Doctors report first cases of whooping cough Nov 18, 2005
The first case of pertussis, or whooping cough, diagnosed at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point this week marks the fourth or fifth in Portage County ...
- Stevens Point Journal,
County sounds alarm on whooping cough Nov 10, 2005
School District sent letters home to parents of its nearly 14,000 students last week, saying several students had been diagnosed with pertussis — the medical ...
- Modesto Bee,
Whooping cough vaccine for adults hard to find Nov 10, 2005
...decade. Whooping cough, or pertussis, causes a persistent cough that is sometimes so severe it can crack ribs and lead to vomiting. ...
- Austin American-Statesman (subscription),
Forgotten diseases really are not gone Nov 13, 2005
The CDC suggested that every American needed reimmunization with the pertussis vaccine. ... The germ's name is "Bordatella pertussis". ...
- Staunton News Leader,
PKIDs (Parents of Kids With Infectious Diseases) Commends New ... Oct 26, 2005
26 /PRNewswire/ -- PKIDs, Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases, applauds the new pertussis immunization recommendations for adult immunization against ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Whooping Cough Making Comeback In NorCal Nov 9, 2005
Whooping cough, also known as Pertussis, can be especially hard on babies, but adults are suseptible too. It's characterized at first by a dry hacking cough. ...
- CBS 13,
Panel Recommends Whooping Cough Vaccine Oct 26, 2005
In an attempt to prevent such deaths, a national panel on Wednesday recommended that pertussis vaccine be added to the tetanus-diphtheria booster shot for ...
- Washington Post,
Whooping Cough Outbreaks Plague Kansas Nov 16, 2005
Health officials are recommending children not delay getting their pertussis vaccines as scheduled. Adolescents due for a tetanus ...
- Herald News Daily,
19 whooping cough cases confirmed in county Nov 16, 2005
Health officials are recommending children not delay getting their pertussis vaccines from the childhood immunization schedule. ...
- Lawrence Journal World,
A CASE OF WHOOPING COUGH HITS UWSP Nov 17, 2005
PERTUSSIS, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS WHOOPING COUGH, HAS BEEN CONTRACTED BY A STUDENT AT UWSP. THE STUDENT IS BEING TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS ...
- WAOW,
Cough caution: Muscatine medicos advise public to be on the ... Nov 18, 2005
The first cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, appeared at the end of October, said Jean-nine Gothard, Unity Health-Care’s director of public health. ...
- Muscatine Journal,
PANIC OR PANDEMIC? The Chinese rushed last week to vaccinate 14 ... Nov 20, 2005
2. Tuberculosis. 3. Cholera. 4. HIV infection. 5. Influenza. 6. Smallpox. 7. Malaria. 8. Lyme disease. 9. Typhus. 10. Whooping cough (Pertussis).
- Pioneer Press,
An Innovation in Health Care Opens at CVS/pharmacy Stores in ... Nov 21, 2005
...$59 Wart Removal $69 Vaccines: (Prices vary; vaccines generally have a $0 co-pay for most insurance plans) - DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis) $65 - Flu ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Companies focus on developing fewer dose vaccines for children Nov 21, 2005
Shantha Biotechnics has launched Shantetra, a four-in-one vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and Hepatitis-B. ‘‘The combination vaccine will reduce ...
- Newindpress,
Whooping cough gets new attention Nov 10, 2005
...against whooping cough. Incidence of the disease formally called pertussis has shot up in the past decade. The bacterium infects ...
- Columbus Dispatch (subscription),
Whooping Cough Back In Pima County Nov 8, 2005
But, here in Pima County Health officials say the pertussis outbreak is far from over. Pertussis is making a dangerous comeback in southern Arizona. ...
- KOLD-TV,
New Guidance on Adult Whooping Cough Vaccination Endorsed by ... Oct 26, 2005
The recommendations call for the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) booster to be routinely given to adults instead of the previously recommended ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
More whooping cough cases confirmed Oct 24, 2005
...second-graders at Babbitt-Embarrass that strongly suggest that they seek antibiotic treatments to prevent the spread of whooping cough, also known as pertussis ...
- Tower Timberjay News,
PKIDs (Parents of Kids With Infectious Diseases) Commends New ... Oct 27, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- PKIDs, Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases, applauds the new pertussis immunization recommendations for ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Cough strikes UW-W campus Nov 3, 2005
WHITEWATER-Three UW-Whitewater students have tested positive for pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough. ... But pertussis can be fought with antibiotics. ...
- Janesville Gazette,
Boosting against whooping cough Oct 25, 2005
...in infants. Outbreaks of whooping cough, or pertussis, have increased dramatically in the nation since the 1980s. Locally, whooping ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
Doctors recommend hepatitis shot for kids Oct 26, 2005
Also on Wednesday, the panel unanimously recommended that pertussis vaccine be added to the tetanus-diphtheria booster shot for adults. ...
- Seattle Post Intelligencer
Vaccines Vital To Health Nov 3, 2005
Polio may be rare, but it and other diseases childhood vaccines prevent, like diphtheria, measles, mumps, pertussis and tetanus, are common in other parts of ...
- Daily Campus (subscription),
Whooping cough cases spike in county Oct 25, 2005
...schools alone. The number of reported cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, stands at 79 so far this year in St. Louis ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Whooping cough shot effective Oct 25, 2005
...highly contagious germ. Whooping cough, or pertussis, can cause weeks of misery and coughing so severe it cracks ribs. The bacterial ...
- Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,
Doctors recommend hepatitis vaccine for all children, whooping ... Oct 27, 2005
...million. The panel also unanimously recommended that a pertussis vaccine be added to the tetanus-diphtheria booster shot for adults. ...
- U.S. News & World Report
US panel urges whooping cough vaccine for adults Oct 26, 2005
Prevention's advisory committee on immunization unanimously approved the recommendation amid signs that whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is becoming ...
- Reuters
Saline County Sees Possible Whooping Cough Outbreak Oct 24, 2005
Bryant - Parents in Saline County are on alert for a possible outbreak of Pertussis, or whooping cough. Reports say two elementary ...
- KATV,
city wants to boost registry for immunizations Nov 18, 2005
...their child's first 12 months of life tend to slack off just as one of the last shots, the final dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP), is due. ...
- Houston Chronicle,
Whooping Cough Hits More than Half of Kansas Counties Nov 16, 2005
That's. compared with 250 in all of last year and just 44 in 2003. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory disease. ...
- WIBW,
Kansas whooping cough cases increase Nov 17, 2005
Environment reported Wednesday. An infant in south-central Kansas has died of the illness, also known as pertussis. Although cases ...
- Kansas City Star,
Groups warn of whooping cough dangers Nov 18, 2005
Public-service broadcasts and billboards are warning people of the dangers of pertussis, known as whooping cough, and urging them to get children immunized. ...
- Salem Statesman Journal,
Vaccine history shows need to update VICP law Nov 14, 2005
But in the late 1970s and early 1980s lawyers in the United States successfully sued vaccine makers claiming that the pertussis (or whooping cough) vaccine ...
- The Hill,
Immunization Advisers Recommend Hepatitis A Vaccine For Kids Oct 28, 2005
28 - Hepatitis A vaccine should become a routine childhood vaccine, and adults should receive pertussis vaccine boosters once a decade, the Advisory Committee ...
- MedPage Today,
Whooping cough reported in Portville Oct 26, 2005
PORTVILLE — Eleven cases of pertussis — or whooping cough — have been confirmed at Portville Central School, Cattaraugus County health officials said ...
- Olean Times Herald,
Stay ahead of germs with common sense Nov 5, 2005
Pertussis/Whooping Cough Once thought to be under control, pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is making a comeback. "We are ...
- Wisconsin State Journal,
Health: Whooping Cough, Gum, Brisk Walks Oct 27, 2005
All adults should get a booster shot of the Pertussis vaccine, which protects against whooping cough, according to a CDC advisory panel. ...
- CBS 3,
Keeping Infections Contained Oct 27, 2005
...have been behind vaccinations that have reduced or eliminated diseases such as smallpox, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and polio ...
- CBS News
Doctors Recommend Hepatitis Shot for Kids Oct 26, 2005
...infected. Pertussis is now considered rare. Reports ... Each year, between 20 and 40 infants die from pertussis infection. Infant pertussis ...
- Leading The Charge,
Panel Recommends Whooping Cough Vaccine Oct 26, 2005
...on Immunization Practices, which helps set federal vaccination guidelines, voted unanimously to recommend that all non-elderly adults get a pertussis booster. ...
- Herald News Daily,
Whooping cough booster shot gains support Oct 24, 2005
...in adolescents and adults. Most children are protected from pertussis by a series of vaccines in early childhood. But the vaccine ...
- United Press International
Doctors recommend whooping cough vaccine Oct 27, 2005
Practices, which helps set federal vaccination guidelines, voted unanimously yesterday to recommend that all non-elderly adults get a pertussis booster. ...
- Gadsden Times (subscription),
Whooping Cough Reports Increase In Utah Nov 2, 2005
Last year there were 155 cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, in Utah, while more than 450 cases were reported in the first 10 months this year. ...
- KUTV,
Whooping cough cases leveling off Nov 3, 2005
The whooping cough, or pertussis, outbreak started at Portville Central School and spread to at least one student each in Olean and Allegany-Limestone high ...
- Olean Times Herald,
Panel Recommends Hepatitis A Vaccine for Children and Whooping ... Oct 26, 2005
It also urged that adults ages 19 to 65 have the booster against whooping cough, also called pertussis, 10 years after their last shot against the disease. ...
- New York Times,
Canada's illness-prevention spending ailing Nov 9, 2005
...roughly 95 per cent of children receiving basic immunizations such as measles, though Canada has a poor record on DPT shots (diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus ...
- Globe and Mail,
News from the San Joaquin Valley Nov 10, 2005
Of last month's cases, 11 were in Turlock. This week, two more Turlock school children were diagnosed with pertussis, as the disease is officially known. ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
As industry profits elsewhere, US lacks vaccines, antibiotics Nov 8, 2005
The lawsuits haven't gone to trial. In 2000, Wyeth discontinued its vaccine against diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and soon after began to reassess flu vaccines. ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
US Aid Agency Names 23 Countries Eligible for FY 2006 Funding Nov 8, 2005
Immunization: Average DPT3 (diphtheria, pertussis -- whooping cough -- and tetanus) and measles immunization rates for the most recent year available. ...
- Washington File,
Turlock officials warning of outbreak of whooping cough Nov 10, 2005
Whooping cough -- or pertussis -- as the disease is officially known is characterized by coughing fits, then a whooping sound as the person tries to draw in ...
- KESQ,
138 students in Portville get whooping cough booster shots Nov 1, 2005
The Cattaraugus County Health Department said today the number of confirmed whooping cough, or pertussis, cases in the county had jumped to 42 — most of ...
- Olean Times Herald,
4 whooping cough cases in VC schools Nov 11, 2005
...buses. The rise in whooping cough, or pertussis, is statewide, Bentley added. He said that occurs in a three- or four-year cycle. ...
- Ark Valley News,
Whooping cough spreads from Portville Oct 28, 2005
There were 11 confirmed cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, in Portville schools as of Monday — 10 among high school students and one in the elementary ...
- Olean Times Herald,
Flu shot priorities Nov 8, 2005
The CDC now recommends a parallel course: pushing booster shots against pertussis (whooping cough) for adults, in whom the disease is relatively benign, to ...
- Washington Times,
Whooping cough spreads to Allegany County Nov 14, 2005
Health Commissioner Dr. Gary Odgen told The Times Herald test results last week confirmed that a Bolivar-Richburg student had whooping cough, or pertussis. ...
- Olean Times Herald,
HealthWatch For Oct. 27, 2005 Oct 27, 2005
...many adults. The old booster just protects against tetanus and diphtheria. The new booster adds a pertussis vaccine. It's designed ...
- NBC5.com,
Other diseases, besides Polio, need attention: Experts Nov 14, 2005
...of six diseases. These diseses included, tuberculosis, pertussis, diptheria, tetanus, measles and pulse polio. The programme got ...
- Lucknow Newsline,
Prevent and protect Nov 5, 2005
The vaccine can be administered with other childhood vaccines, such as DTP (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis), Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), polio ...
- Malaysia Star,
2nd UPDATE: GSK 3Q Net Profit Up 20%; Guidance Raised Oct 27, 2005
...sales of vaccines rose 20% to GBP499 million, led by revenue from the US, were GlaxoSmithKline launched flu vaccine Fluarix and pertussis vaccine Boostrix. ...
- Business Online,
Whooping cough vaccine equally effective for adults Oct 25, 2005
Their study results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "It's a misconception that you're protected from pertussis for life if you've been ...
- Webindia123,
Are we ready, or not? Oct 29, 2005
...“We in public health should always be prepared with an infrastructure to respond to any large outbreak, whether it’s measels, pertussis or influenza,? he ...
- Mason City Globe Gazette,
3 UW-Whitewater Students Have Whooping Cough Nov 2, 2005
...infected students. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, affects the respiratory tract, is contagious and can be deadly. Symptoms ...
- Milwaukee Channel.com,
Immunization clinics set Nov 7, 2005
Vaccines provided include: DTaP (diptheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis), inactivated polio, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), HIB (hemophilias influenza B - a ...
- Pontiac Daily Leader,
Novartis announces agreement to acquire remaining stake in Chiron Oct 31, 2005
...borne encephalitis, haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), polio, mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) as well as diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough). ...
- Biotech Intelligence (press release),
Doctors in jab call to parents Nov 1, 2005
He explained that whooping cough, which is also called pertussis, could cause long bouts of coughing and choking which can last up to ten weeks and make it ...
- ic Birmingham.co.uk,
Boost of Protection 03 Oct 2005
Area doctors have begun offering a new vaccine to boost protection against pertussis, the only disease on the rise in the United States for which children are ...
- Quad City Times
health calendar 03 Oct 2005
Immunizations offered include diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP), polio, haemophilus influenzae B (Hib), measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and hepatitis B ...
- TheNewsTribune.com (subscription)
Pertussis avoids Chetek for now Sep 7, 2005
Barron County has had 29 cases of pertussis so far in 2005, compared with 33 at this time last year. The county finished 2004 with 43 cases. ...
- Chetek Alert
FDA Accepts for Filing License Application for New Pediatric ... Sep 26, 2005
First Combination Vaccine Candidate in the US Designed to Protect Infants and Young Children Against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, and Hib SWIFTWATER ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Reno Co. among top five Kansas counties in whooping cough cases Sep 30, 2005
By Matt McNabb. For the second year in a row, Kansas is seeing a noticeable increase in pertussis cases being reported. Since Jan. ...
- Hutchinson News
FDA Accepts for Filing a License Application for New Pediatric ... Sep 26, 2005
...and Drug Administration (FDA) for PENTACEL(TM) vaccine[i], a pediatric combination vaccine candidate that targets diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and ...
- PR Newswire UK (press release)
Looking Backward - News from the Past Oct 2, 2005
Oct. 2, 1995: Jefferson County public health officials are reporting a sharp increase in pertussis (whooping cough) cases in both adults and children. ...
- Watertown Daily Times (subscription)
Whooping cough cases on the rise Sep 20, 2005
California is seeing a dramatic increase in pertussis, or whooping cough, mirroring a national trend, state health officials announced Monday. ...
- San Jose Mercury News
Whooping cough popping up again around Iowa Sep 23, 2005
From around Thanksgiving 2004 through the early part of January of this year, several students contracted pertussis, AKA whooping cough. ...
- Ottumwa Courier
One in four infants still at risk from vaccine preventable ... Sep 29, 2005
...diseases. The major killers are measles, haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), whooping cough (pertussis) and neonatal tetanus. These ...
- Harold Doan and Associates (press release)
Despite low cost vaccines, too few children and women immunized ... Sep 30, 2005
The major killers are measles, haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), whooping cough (pertussis) and neonatal tetanus, all of which are preventable with vaccines ...
- noticias.info
I'm being driven out says second expert to link autism and jabs Oct 1, 2005
Ms Blakemore-Brown, 57, has expounded the theory that diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis innoculations routinely given to babies at two months could be linked ...
- Telegraph.co.uk
State sees rise in whooping cough Sep 20, 2005
..."More and more patients are being admitted with pertussis," confirmed Dr. Dean Blumberg, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at UC Davis Medical Center. ...
- Sacramento Bee
Whooping cough cases increase; supply of new vaccines is spotty Sep 22, 2005
...everyone. The disease, formally called pertussis, is caused by bacteria that are spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. ...
- DesMoinesRegister.com
Whooping cough cases on the rise Sep 19, 2005
...announced Monday. The disease, also known as pertussis, is highly contagious and can be fatal, especially to very young children. In ...
- Press-Enterprise (subscription)
Vaccine, hand washing can prevent whooping cough Sep 25, 2005
A high school student from the Almond-Bancroft School District recently tested positive for whooping cough, also known as pertussis. ...
- Stevens Point Journal
Whooping cough puts in an appearance in North Iowa Sep 28, 2005
Also called pertussis, whooping cough is characterized by a racking, gasping cough that sometimes leads to vomiting. In between spells, patients may feel fine. ...
- Mason City Globe Gazette
The Medical Minute: Vaccinations -- not just kids' stuff Sep 28, 2005
Currently children are vaccinated against 11 different afflictions before they start school: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus (lockjaw), polio ...
- Penn State Live
Whooping cough cases up statewide Sep 21, 2005
...infected 1,276 Californians. Whooping cough, also called pertussis, infected 450 in the same time period last year. Interim State ...
- Fairfield Daily Republic
Four additional cases Sep 20, 2005
Four new cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, have been diagnosed in Hill County, health officials said Monday. The cases are ...
- The Havre Daily News
Whooping cough booster in the works Ask Dr. H Mitchell Hecht Sep 6, 2005
A: Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial infection with a characteristic “whooping� cough that many think no longer exists. ...
- Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Get immunized for whooping cough, health officials urge Sep 13, 2005
...may not realize the importance of getting immunized too or getting their older children booster shots; especially when it comes to pertussis, commonly known as ...
- Beaver County Times
Influenza is back for another shot Sep 30, 2005
One outbreak of norovirus in Texas and one case of pertussis in a 2-month-old in New Orleans were reported, along with various cases of upper respiratory ...
- The Torrington Telegram
More cases of whooping cough Sep 28, 2005
...“It is critical that parents get their children vaccinated for pertussis to prevent this ... Fifty-four counties are experiencing at least one case of pertussis. ...
- KBSD
Whooping cough cases on the rise Sep 29, 2005
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has reported a significant increase in pertussis cases compared to previous years. ...
- Lawrence Journal World
The long road to recovery Sep 30, 2005
Adolescents ages 11 to 18 should be given the tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, as well as the influenza vaccine if they have a ...
- AAP News (subscription)
New combinations mark vax overhaul Sep 27, 2005
The new IPV vaccinations include, among others, Infanrix Hexa (GSK), a six-in-one vaccine including diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, Hib, hepatitis B ...
- AustralianDoctor.com (subscription)
Bergen County briefs Sep 30, 2005
...antibiotic treatment. Whooping cough, known medically as pertussis, is a highly contagious upper respiratory bacterial infection. It ...
- NorthJersey.com
FDA approves MMRV vaccine Sep 30, 2005
...to evaluate the safety of concomitant administration of the following vaccines: diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis and Haemophilus ...
- AAP News (subscription)
500 Cases of Whooping Cough Reported Statewide Sep 13, 2005
A lingering statewide outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) in Arizona has reached 500 confirmed or probable cases, prompting state Health Director Susan ...
- KPHO Phoenix
Bug hits 17 in one family Sep 23, 2005
...it occurred, it so worried the girl's mother that she took her to the doctor, where a bacteria culture revealed the little girl had pertussis -- whooping cough ...
- Kalamazoo Gazette
Protect Your Family From Whooping Cough Sep 22, 2005
...deadly. Once thought to be nearly wiped out by immunizations, Pertussis or whooping cough has made a strong comeback in recent years. ...
- WPXI.com
Whooping cough' hits area Sep 16, 2005
Prowers County Public Health representatives announced Thursday there are four positive cases of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, in two infants and ...
- Lamar Daily News
Shot Talk Sep 16, 2005
At four, there are boosters for measles, mumps and rubella, polio, tetanus, diptheria and pertussis. Another tetanus and pertussis ...
- WOWT
Clinic to host blood drive this week Sep 19, 2005
Almond - School officials in the Almond-Bancroft School District are taking precautions after a high school student tested positive for pertussis, which is ...
- Marshfield News Herald
Whooping cough worries growing in Iowa Sep 22, 2005
...said the students quarantined either had close contact with students who had confirmed cases or had some symptoms of whooping cough, formally called pertussis. ...
- Cedar Rapids Gazette
Your child’s health | with Dr Fridah Afandi Sep 20, 2005
Whooping cough or pertussis, meaning intensive cough, is an acute infection of the respiratory tract that occurs in children, especially those that are not ...
- Kenya's Daily Nation (subscription)
Whooping Cough Making A Comeback Sep 12, 2005
...(WCCO) A new booster vaccine will be available this month to help protect adults and teenagers against Pertussis, or whooping cough. ...
- WCCO
Health Alert: Booster shots Sep 12, 2005
At four, there are boosters for measles, mumps and rubella, polio, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis. Then another tetanus and pertussis ...
- WIS
Whooping cough concerns increase in Iowa Sep 22, 2005
...students quarantined either had close contact with other young people with confirmed cases or had some symptoms of whooping cough, formally known as pertussis. ...
- Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
An Innovation in Health Care Opens at CVS/pharmacy Stores in ... Sep 26, 2005
...$49 Wart Removal $59 Vaccines: (Prices vary; vaccines generally have a $0 co-pay for most insurance plans) - DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis) $65 - Flu ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
European Medicines Agency recommends suspension of Hexavac vaccine Sep 25, 2005
...long-term protection against hepatitis B. Hexavac is a vaccine for infants and children against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis), hepatitis B ...
- Medical News Today (press release)
Viroqua school closes amid whooping cough outbreak Sep 28, 2005
Whooping cough, or pertussis, has an incubation period of 10 to 20 days but averages nine to 10 days, according to the Vernon County Health Department. ...
- LaCrosse Tribune
The Age of Autism: Regression Sep 27, 2005
20, 1997, my granddaughter received a DPT-Hib shot (diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus and haemophilus influenzae type B); her leg swelled and got very red for about ...
- United Press International
Few kids turn out for shot clinic Sep 12, 2005
...meeting. They include the Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus shot, the fourth polio shot and the second measles-mumps and rubella shot. ...
- Youngstown Vindicator
Serum launches combination vaccine for DTP and Hepatitis B Sep 2, 2005
SII), one of India’s largest vaccine manufacturer, has announced the launch of its combination vaccine Q-Vac for Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTP) and ...
- Express Pharma Pulse
Canadian children still don't have equal access to all recommended ... Sep 25, 2005
In recent years, vaccines have been introduced to protect against varicella, adolescent pertussis (whooping cough) and certain forms of meningitis ...
- Medical News Today (press release)
Post-hurricane, CDC takes inventory of illnesses Sep 28, 2005
One case of pertussis -- whooping cough -- was diagnosed in a 2-month-old infant rescued from a roof in New Orleans and taken to Tennessee, the disease agency ...
- CNN
Roommates find binding tie in condition Sep 26, 2005
Doctors believe an allergic reaction to a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccination as an infant caused a portion of Simmen's brain to cease functioning ...
- Greenville Daily Reflector
35th annual Hillside health fair planned for Sunday Sep 28, 2005
...free immunizations including flu shots and vaccines for hepatitis, hib, measles, mumps and rubella, polio, diptheria, tetanus, acellular, pertussis and varivax ...
- Gazette Leader
Whooping Cough Cases Climb in Alaska Aug 31, 2005
31-The incidence of pertussis is four times higher in the state this year than in 2004, including a rise among adults, although improved diagnostic specificity ...
- MedPage Today
Cases of whooping cough climbs Aug 31, 2005
For more than 50 years, a five-stage whooping cough — or pertussis — vaccine has been available for children under 7. But immunity wears off within 10 years ...
- El Sol de Yaquima
Vaccines save lives...period Sep 7, 2005
..."Pertussis (Whooping Cough) immunization has successfully controlled a disease with a prior history of high childhood morbidity. ...
- Lindsay This Week
News briefs Sep 16, 2005
The Santa Barbara Public Health Dept. announced that it is investigating an outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) in southern Santa Barbara County. ...
- Goleta Valley Voice
California Whooping Cough Cases Surge Sep 20, 2005
..."When the health department finds one case, it keeps investigating. And once you find one case of pertussis, you find more.". Nationally ...
- Washington Post
News briefs from California's Central Coast Sep 14, 2005
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, mostly afflicts young children and includes uncontrollable coughing that often leads to kids gasping for air. ...
- San Jose Mercury News
The Age of Autism: Adverse events Sep 21, 2005
...there are currently 10 cases of autism in children who received DPT/OPV/MMR at 15-18 months." (The reference is to the diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus, polio and ...
- Science Daily (press release)
New Vaccines For Children Sep 7, 2005
At that age, the boosters are for measles, mumps and rubella, polio, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis. Then another tetanus and ...
- NBC4.TV
County warns schools about whooping cough outbreak Sep 14, 2005
County Public Health Department. Also known as pertussis, whooping cough mostly afflicts young children. It usually starts with ...
- Santa Barbara News-Press (subscription)
Ariz. officials taking steps to treat illnesses Sep 8, 2005
Immunizations will include shots against influenza, Hepatitis A, chicken pox, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis. The DTaP shot is ...
- AZ Central.com
Life Science Research Assistant Sep 22, 2005
...includes, designing, performing, and analyzing experiments to explore molecular and genomic features of population biology of Bordetella pertussis and related ...
- Inside Higher Ed
Be on alert for whooping cough in Brown County Sep 2, 2005
De Pere Health Departments and the Oneida Community Health Center are asking the public to be alert to possible cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis ...
- Green Bay Press Gazette
Students quarantined after whooping cough scare Sep 22, 2005
Also known as pertussis, the condition is marked by a racking cough that sometimes leads to vomiting. Symptoms can last up to three months.
- WOI
Whooping Cough Cases Increasing Amongst Teens Sep 8, 2005
And when the kids get it, parents can, too. Pertussis, or whooping cough, was nearly wiped out 30 years ago. But, it's back with a vengeance. ...
- Pittsburgh Channel.com
Health Officials Warn About Whooping Cough Sep 14, 2005
Health officials want you to be on the lookout for pertussis or whooping cough. Confirmed cases have now been reported in both Cerro ...
- KIMT
UN assistance to IDPs and returnees in Sudan, Jan - Jun 2005 Sep 19, 2005
...vaccinated against measles, 20,000 received Basile Calmette Guerin (BCG) an anti-tubercolosis vaccine - and 5,500 received Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus (DPT3).
- ReliefWeb (press release)
Whooping cough outbreak in county declared 'fully contained' Sep 24, 2005
...year, when the caseload hit 450. Also known as pertussis, whooping cough mostly afflicts young children. It usually starts with mild ...
- Santa Barbara News-Press (subscription)
GlaxoSmithKline to increase supply of hepatitis paediatric ... Sep 23, 2005
Infanrix hexa was developed by GSK and protects infants and children against 6 major diseases, [diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio ...
- Medical News Today (press release)
A shot at better health Sep 19, 2005
In Virginia, required immunizations for day-care children and students include diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenza type b ...
- The Free Lance-Star
Medical data going online Sep 17, 2005
Thanks to the state's new electronic disease reporting system, officials were able to determine that they were looking at an outbreak of pertussis, or whooping ...
- Newszap Delaware
Healthbeat: Booster Shots Sep 15, 2005
Pertussis (whooping cough) is a very contagious disease that causes severe coughing and interferes with the ability to eat, drink and breath. ...
- WHOI
Retinoic Acid and PIC enhance tetanus vaccination Sep 19, 2005
Vitamin A is already given to children who are deficient in this vitamin when they receive the measles or diptheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccination and the ...
- Xagena.it
Doctor advocates booster shots to help guard against whooping ... Sep 23, 2005
...shot, he said. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the respiratory tract. Infants are vaccinated ...
- Green Bay Press Gazette
International Alzheimer’ Day Observance Sep 20, 2005
The general public must be made aware of the dangers of vaccine preventable diseases such as Diphtheria, pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Haemophilus Influenza type B ...
- The Bahama Journal
Cases of whooping cough reported on Kodiak Island Sep 21, 2005
...for Disease Control recommends infants receive by age 2 months the first in a series of the DPT vaccine shots to prevent diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough ...
- Kodiak Daily Mirror
Akron Children's Hospital Selects AtStaff(R) Advantage(TM) To ... Sep 21, 2005
...at Children's include breakthroughs in pediatric laparoscopic surgery and participation in major national drug studies for pertussis, chickenpox vaccines ...
- Business Wire (press release)
Cepheid to Provide Aid Package in Support of New Orleans ... Sep 8, 2005
Public Health Labs currently have in their possession, along with disposable reagents for various infectious diseases including B. pertussis, B. pertussis/B ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
New vaccines promoted Sep 7, 2005
By Dennis Thompson. But this year, health experts are touting breakthrough vaccines for meningitis and pertussis, also known as whooping cough. ...
- Delaware Coast Press
Protect Your Family From Whooping Cough Sep 22, 2005
...be deadly. Once thought to be nearly wiped out by immunizations, pertussis has made a strong comeback in recent years. Gina Karafa ...
- WPXI.com
Vaccine shortage may pose risk for Katrina survivors Sep 9, 2005
...to it. The most important vaccine for people in the disaster zone is the combination diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine. The CDC ...
- New Scientist (subscription)
Shantha Bio developing heat-stable vaccine Sep 7, 2005
Biotechnics Ltd is in the process of making a heat-stable pentavalent vaccine which protects children against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Hepatitis B and ...
- Newindpress
Want your report card? Better visit the dentist Sep 7, 2005
Children in public and private schools must be immunized against nine diseases: measles, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), mumps, rubella ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
State doing well in handling evacuees' health concerns Sep 8, 2005
Arkansas schools. All require immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, rubella, mumps and chickenpox. "The ...
- Benton Courier
European Nations Join UK & France to Commit Nearly US$ 4 Billion ... Sep 12, 2005
...support to help strengthen immunisation services, an additional 8.7 million children were immunised with three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine by ...
- Medical News Today (press release)
Shantha Biotech introduces DTPH combination vaccine Sep 9, 2005
...vaccine. The vaccine protects children against four life-threatening infections Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Hepatitis B. ...
- Express Pharma Pulse
Health officials allay concerns Sep 9, 2005
...release. “All require immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, rubella, mumps and chickenpox.�. He ...
- Russellville Courier
Utah prepares to receive survivors Sep 2, 2005
International Airport. “We will be looking for communicable diseases such as pertussis and tuberculosis,� Davenport said. “If ...
- Salt Lake Tribune
Menendez hosts biennial Children's Immunization Day Sep 3, 2005
...achievements in the United States, having eliminated diseases such as small pox and polio, and reducing measles, diphtheria, rubella, pertussis, also known as ...
- West New York Reporter
21st century-ready Sep 11, 2005
The agency already is using its new mapping software to chart where childhood immunizations are lacking for mumps, measles, rubella, pertussis and other ...
- Everett Navy Base News
Ready for class action Sep 2, 2005
Before starting school she should have had a second MMR jab, and a booster of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and IPV (inactivated polio vaccine ...
- Times Online
Students start the year with shot of confidence Sep 5, 2005
...whooping cough, Orenstein says. The disease, medically known as pertussis, has been rising in recent years. There were more than ...
- Centre Daily Times
Adhesive mechanisms governing interferon-producing cell ... Sep 6, 2005
LFA, lymphocyte function-associated antigen; Mtb, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PLN, peripheral LN; PNAd, peripheral node addressin; PTX, pertussis toxin; RANTES ...
- Journal of Experimental Medicine
Empiricus: our clinical journal commentator Sep 14, 2005
Rhinovirus was most common (32% of all children), followed by Bordetella pertussis (17%) and respiratory syncytial virus (11%). ...
- AustralianDoctor.com (subscription)
Cepheid helps test New Orleans water Sep 8, 2005
...for infectious diseases. Its products can test for diseases such as B. pertussis, interovirus, influenza and E. coli. The package ...
- San Jose Business Journal
10 diphtheria cases detected in Bijapur Sep 1, 2005
It was equally important to create awareness about DTP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis) immunisation which was administered 3 times during infancy and when ...
- Newindpress
New Orleans baby airlifted to ET hospital Sep 11, 2005
...a medical triage team sent them to Children's, where Shamar got a five-day course of antibiotics to whip the bacterial infection, also known as pertussis. ...
- Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription)
Parents reminded to immunize children Sep 5, 2005
...and Centers for Disease Control have recommended an immunization schedule that includes vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella ...
- Los Angeles Daily News
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