NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Philippines has been grappling with an increase in vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in the first months of 2023–diphtheria cases are up 775 percent, measles are up 299...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Maine health officials report cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, are on the rise in the state. In the first three months of 2023, providers reported nineteen cases of pertussis,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A CDC study published today provides further evidence that Tdap vaccination during pregnancy helps protect newborns from whooping cough during their first two months of life, when...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Whooping cough The Ministry of Health and Sports in Bolivia reported Wednesday the total accumulated cases of Coqueluche, or whooping cough in the country reached 255, of which 176...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The South Africa  National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) is reporting an increase in pertussis cases among children younger than five years of age, particularly...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported recently an increase in pertussis, or whooping cough in the first nine months of 2022. Very few pertussis...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reported just 80 pertussis cases in Denmark in 2021, the lowest level the country has seen in many years. The decline occurred in contrast to the...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Whooping cough, or pertussis was one of the most common childhood diseases and a major cause of childhood mortality in the United States in the last century. Before the...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its call to all parents to bring their infants and kids to health centers to get free vaccination shots that will protect them...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 An outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) has been declared in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories (NWT) by the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer. There are...