Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is a vaccine-preventable disease which continues to circulate even in areas where vaccination coverage is high, and outbreaks may still occur. The findings ...

Doctors recommend that pregnant patients get the pertussis vaccine to protect newborns. The number of cases of whooping cough in New Hampshire this year are already nearly as high as the total number ...

The FDA has approved use of GlaxoSmithKline’s Boostrix (Tdap) vaccine for use during the third trimester of pregnancy, for prevention of pertussis (whooping cough) in infants younger than two months ...

A baby whose mother was not vaccinated against whooping cough died of the disease this year, public health data shows. The infant, who is believed to have been under the age of one, died between March ...

IN CHILDREN. AND THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO RISE. SHE WAS COUGHING. SHE COULDN’T CATCH HER BREATH. FOR THE HOLLAND FAMILY OF MANCHESTER. WHAT STARTED AS A COUGH QUICKLY BECAME A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE ...

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) issued a warning on Saturday, labeling the current outbreak of the respiratory virus, known as Pertussis, as “extremely concerning”. “We can’t afford to be ...

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Florida’s Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has announced the Sunshine State is working to end all vaccine mandates. In a joint press conference on Wednesday with Gov. Ron DeSantis, Ladapo said the ...

A new survey shows parents still overwhelmingly support vaccine mandates for measles and polio, as Florida moves to remove immunization requirements for school-aged children and other states consider ...

Florida is planning to end all vaccination requirements in the state, including requirements for school children to get routine childhood vaccinations that protect them and their communities from ...

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Polling showing that a majority of President Donald Trump’s voters support vaccines was shared with several Republicans lawmakers’ staffers in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, according to two people ...