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Pertussis outbreak in indigenous population in Colombia

A Bordetella pertussis outbreak has been reported by the National Institute of Health (INS) of Colombia in the Kogui community, an indigenous group living in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in Northern...

23 March, 2022

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Why you need a whooping cough vaccine

How to protect yourself and those around you—especially infants—from this highly contagious disease Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, was close to eradication in the 1970s, thanks to the whooping cough vaccine...

10 November, 2016

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Standard pertussis vaccine immunity wanes substantially over time

The current vaccine for pertussis, or whooping cough, is highly effective at protecting people from the disease during the first three years after vaccination, but immunity wanes significantly over the subsequent four...

27 September, 2016

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Pertussis vaccination in pregnancy is safe, study finds

Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine is recommended for all pregnant women in the U.S. as the key medical intervention to protect newborn infants from pertussis (whooping cough). However, the safety of...

12 May, 2016

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‘Cocooning’ reduces whooping cough risk in infants

Vaccinating parents of newborn infants against pertussis provides moderate protection against the infectious disease in young infants, a study has shown. This targeted vaccination strategy, called cocooning, has been...

17 September, 2014

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Whooping cough vaccine efficacy under study

Scientists and public health officials are studying a Vermont whooping cough epidemic to determine if the current vaccine is less effective against a new strain sweeping the country. The Centers for Disease Control and...

29 July, 2014

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Vaccine refusal tied to pertussis outbreak

Refusal to vaccinate children against whooping cough might have played a role in the 2010 pertussis outbreak in California, researchers reported. Analysis of the outbreak — the largest in the state since 1947...

8 October, 2013

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Texas pertussis levels on track to reach highest levels in 50 years

The Texas Department of State Health Services urged Texans to get vaccinated against pertussis on Tuesday after projections showed the number of cases could reach the state’s highest level in more than 50 years. The...

10 September, 2013

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New discovery may lead the way to improved whooping cough vaccine

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made novel discoveries concerning the current vaccine against whooping cough that may lead to the development of an improved future vaccine. The findings could help reduce the...

13 May, 2013

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Unknown toxin may be cause of pertussis cough

Many things about pertussis remain unknown, including the exact cause of the tell-tale non-productive paroxsysmal cough unique to only this respiratory infection. James D. Cherry MD, MSc, from the David Geffen School of...

6 May, 2013

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