Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, can be a serious illness, especially in the very young.
The surge in cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, is largely among adolescents and adults.
It may have resulted in whooping cough epidemics in California and measles outbreaks in England.
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The pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine has been failing us, because immunity against it fades.
Reported whooping cough cases nationally have increased since the 1980s, according to the CDC.
Pregnant women, between 28 and 38 weeks, are now being offered a whooping cough vaccine.
We do know that there are a TON of vaccinated kids with Whooping Cough.
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Whooping cough, or pertussis, may look like just like a cold or a persistent cough in adults.
Adolescent coverage for whooping cough is about 41 percent nationally and 43 percent in California, Martin said.
Health care workers in contact with patients should also make sure to get vaccinated against whooping cough.
It should prompt the mother's immune system to create more antibodies to attack the whooping cough bacterium.
The sound of a baby struggling for breath with whooping cough is as distressing as it is distinctive.
Whooping cough in older people can be an unpleasant illness, but does not usually lead to serious complications.
The new germ was first identified in France, where more extensive testing is routinely done for whooping cough.
Federal guidelines currently call for all adults, including pregnant women, to receive the whooping cough vaccination one time.
In the least free, a quarter of young children are unprotected against diseases like measles, diphtheria, and whooping cough.
The last time we saw this many cases of whooping cough in California was 63 years ago, in 1947.
Prof Adam Finn, a paediatrician and vaccine expert from Bristol Children's Hospital has treated many babies with whooping cough.
Doctors used to think that whooping cough was a problem only for kids.
"Newborn babies are affected most severely by whooping cough, and are most at risk of developing complications, " she said.
The new study suggests that the new whooping cough strain may be why more people have been getting sick.
And make no mistake about it: if measles, whooping cough, polio, and other vaccine-preventable diseases return, children will die.
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Whooping cough, an illness caused by the pertussis bacteria, can cause severe respiratory symptoms and even death in young infants.
Sometimes infectious diseases can be passed on by adults who haven't gotten recommended booster shots, such as for whooping cough.
This describes the 2010 whooping cough epidemic in California, largely caused by anti-vaxxers, much like the more recent measles outbreak.
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious disease caused by bacteria that can lead to severe upper respiratory infections.
The HPA said there had been 1, 047 whooping cough cases reported in July, bringing the total this year to 3, 513.
In older children and adults whooping cough is said to be unpleasant but does not usually lead to serious complications.
Whooping cough is a highly contagious disease that can strike people of any age but is most dangerous to children.
Over the past seven years the price for the standard five-germ inoculation (including diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough) has dropped 40%.
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