Ask the doctors: Vaccination is the best safeguard against whooping cough
Vaccination remains the best safeguard against whooping cough. Vaccines known as DTaP and Tdap are effective against a trio of targets: whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. It is important not to ...
Whooping cough cases surge in Oklahoma, US: What to know, symptoms to watch for
The highly infectious respiratory disease is circulating through the US and Oklahoma. Here's what to know about the spread ...
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Whooping Cough Is Spreading Again after Years of Relative Quiet
When it progresses into severe disease, pertussis causes violent coughing fits punctuated by a distinct whooping sound caused ...
Whooping cough cases nearly double on Long Island, surge in U.S.
It starts with typical cold symptoms. After about two weeks a person will develop a "heavy, hard cough and the classic whoop ...
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Whooping cough infections climb to over 17,600 cases in the US
Whooping cough (pertussis) infections continue to rise in the U.S., with ... Azithromycin is the common treatment for ...
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Whooping cough cases confirmed at 2 Sonoma County high schools
At least two students have come down with the highly contagious infection at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa, and ...
Whooping cough cases up more than 340% over this time last year
Whooping cough (pertussis) infections continue to rise in the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
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Minnesota Department of Health: Statewide whooping cough cases at 8-year high
Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are at an eight-year high in the state. The Minnesota Department of Health ...