Doctors Deploy Shots And Drugs Against Whooping Cough Outbreak
A couple of weeks ago I got an e-mail from my son's middle school alerting families that several students had been diagnosed with whooping cough, also called pertussis. I didn't pay too much attention;...
View ArticleWhooping Cough Vaccine's Protection Fades Quickly
To protect children against whooping cough, doctors recommend five shots of vaccine before they turn 7.But what happens after that? How long does the protection last?Researchers at the Kaiser...
View ArticleWhooping Cough Cases Top 1,000 in Colorado
State health officials are concerned about a growing pertussis epidemic in Colorado. To date, 1,026 cases of pertussis (commonly referred to as whooping cough) have been confirmed statewide.
View ArticleWhooping Cough Cases in Colorado Now at 64-Year High
Colorado is experiencing its worst season for whooping cough in more than six decades. Statewide 1,407 cases have been reported as of Dec. 8 - a number not seen since 1948.
View ArticleWhooping Cough Spreads In Boulder And Weld Counties
Local health officials say the outbreak is the worst in 20 years. Boulder County has issued a health warning after recording 61 confirmed cases of whooping cough.
View ArticleVaccine Refusals Fueled California's Whooping Cough Epidemic
When the whooping cough vaccine was invented in the 1940s, doctors thought they had finally licked the illness, which is especially dangerous for babies. But then it came roaring back.In 2010, a...
View ArticleNew October Whooping Cough Cases Push Colo. Total Over 1,000
Another 100 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis were reported in Colorado during the last two weeks of October. Jefferson and Boulder counties had the highest number of cases.
View ArticleColorado's Personal Belief Exemption Target Of New Report
The Colorado Department of Health released a report with recommendations seeking to restrict the ways parents can opt out of immunizing their children against childhood diseases such as whooping cough...
View Article69 More Whooping Cough Cases Reported In Colorado In Two Weeks
The middle of December saw the highest number of pertussis or whooping cough cases in 2013.
View ArticleExempting Kids From Shots May Require More Education For Parents
Colorado health officials want more kids to be immunized for routine medical conditions such as measles and whooping cough.
View ArticleVaccine Refusals Fueled California's Whooping Cough Epidemic
When the whooping cough vaccine was invented in the 1940s, doctors thought they had finally licked the illness, which is especially dangerous for babies. But then it came roaring back.In 2010, a...
View ArticleNew October Whooping Cough Cases Push Colo. Total Over 1,000
Another 100 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis were reported in Colorado during the last two weeks of October. Jefferson and Boulder counties had the highest number of cases.
View ArticleColorado's Personal Belief Exemption Target Of New Report
The Colorado Department of Health released a report with recommendations seeking to restrict the ways parents can opt out of immunizing their children against childhood diseases such as whooping cough...
View Article69 More Whooping Cough Cases Reported In Colorado In Two Weeks
The middle of December saw the highest number of pertussis or whooping cough cases in 2013.
View ArticleExempting Kids From Shots May Require More Education For Parents
Colorado health officials want more kids to be immunized for routine medical conditions such as measles and whooping cough.
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