http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. 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 incidence of the disease which is increasing in developed countries. The research led by Professor of Experimental Immunology, Kingston Mills has just been published in the leading international journal PloS Pathogens. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-discovery-whooping-vaccine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 13 May 2013 08:10:01 EST news287649713 (HealthDay)—Pertactin-negative variants of Bordetella pertussis have been identified in the United States; and children who receive diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell pertussis (DTwP) priming have lower reported rates of pertussis, according to correspondence published in the Feb. 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-pertactin-negative-bordetella-pertussis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:40:01 EST news279457873 Pertussis is at its highest level nationally in a half-century. But cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, often decline in late fall into early winter. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-cases-whooping-highest-decades.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:40:06 EST news274962039 (Medical Xpress)—The United States is on track to have its biggest whooping cough epidemic in 60 years, with more than 21,000 cases already reported in 2012. The highly contagious and potentially fatal disease, officially known as pertussis, starts with cold symptoms and progresses to coughing bouts severe enough to leave patients gasping for air. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-yvonne-maldonado-whooping.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:13:56 EST news265277612 (Medical Xpress) -- Queensland research shows that a resurgence of whooping cough in babies has arisen due to the lack of effectiveness of the current vaccine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-vaccine-babies-whooping.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 01 Aug 2012 06:18:35 EST news263020703