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Whooping cough has exploded in the United States and some other developed countries in recent decades, and many experts suspect ineffective childhood vaccines for the alarming resurgence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-explanations-whooping-resurgence-dont-scrutiny.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:15 EST news288270470 Whole-cell pertussis vaccines were more effective at protecting against pertussis than acellular pertussis vaccines during a large recent outbreak, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-whole-cell-vaccine-effective-acellular-ca.html Pediatrics Mon, 20 May 2013 02:55:50 EST news288237336 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)—Despite high levels of vaccination, the rate of whooping cough in the United States is at its highest level in decades, and one reason may be that immunity from the vaccine diminishes each year after the fifth dose is given. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-evidence-whooping-wanes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:30:02 EST news282219378 (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 The American College of Physicians (ACP) has approved a policy recommendation that all health care providers (HCPs) be immunized against influenza; diphtheria; hepatitis B; measles, mumps, and rubella; pertussis (whooping cough); and varicella (chickenpox) according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Adult Immunization Schedule. ACP's policy exempts HCPs for medical reasons or a religious objection to immunization. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-american-college-physicians-immunizations-health.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:05:08 EST news277387502 A study released today from the upcoming issue of the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (JPIDS) found that taking early and repeated white blood cell counts (WBC) is critical in determining whether infants have pertussis and which of those children are at highest risk of death from the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-infants-highest-death-pertussis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:00:08 EST news277020645 (HealthDay)—While significant progress has been made in the past 10 years, many states still fall short in their preparedness for public health emergencies such as disease outbreaks, natural disasters and bioterrorist attacks, according to a new report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-states-lagging-emergency-preparedness.html Health Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:50:01 EST news275158791 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)—Despite recent outbreaks of pertussis (whooping cough)—a highly contagious bacterial disease that is preventable by the current pertussis vaccines—Yale researcher Dr. Eugene Shapiro maintains in an editorial that the vaccines are effective and should still be administered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-whooping-vaccines-effective-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:44:26 EST news273397456 A new study of the safety of the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine supports the recommendation that those 65 and older get the vaccine to protect themselves and others, particularly young babies, from pertussis. Published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the findings come as reported U.S. cases of the bacterial infection, also known as whopping cough, are at the highest level since the 1950s. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-safety-whooping-vaccine-older-adults.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:04 EST news273344613 In an examination of cases of childhood pertussis in California, researchers found that children with pertussis had lower odds of having received all 5 doses of the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP) vaccine series; however the odds increased as the time since last DTaP dose lengthened, which is consistent with a progressive decrease in estimated vaccine effectiveness each year after the final dose of DTaP vaccine, according to a study in the November 28 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-pertussis-dose-dtap-vaccine-lengthens.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:56:39 EST news273257792 (HealthDay)—All pregnant women should be vaccinated against pertussis, also known as whooping cough, preferably in their last trimester, a panel of U.S. advisers recommended Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-cdc-panel-pregnant-women-whooping.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:09:26 EST news270317352 OAKLAND, Calif. − Protection against whooping cough (also called pertussis) waned during the five years after the fifth dose of the combined diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, according to researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center. The fifth dose of DTaP is routinely given to 4- to 6-year-old children prior to starting kindergarten. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-whooping-waned-years-dose-dtap.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:00:04 EST news266682863 (HealthDay)—Parents and doctors can do more to protect girls from cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), say U.S. health officials who are concerned by lagging HPV vaccination rates among females. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-girls-hpv-vaccine-cancer-cdc.html Cancer Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:39:45 EST news265563578 (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 (HealthDay) -- Pertussis rates may reach record levels this year in the United States, where Washington state is experiencing an ongoing epidemic, according to a report published in the July 20 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-pertussis-epidemic-washington-state.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:41:32 EST news262003278 (AP) -- Washington state's worst outbreak of whooping cough in decades has prompted health officials to declare an epidemic, seek help from federal experts and urge residents to get vaccinated amid worry that cases of the highly contagious disease could spike much higher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-whooping-epidemic-declared-state.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 May 2012 16:00:52 EST news255884446 (HealthDay) -- Pre-teens living in states that require vaccinations for incoming middle school students are more likely to be immunized than those in states without such requirements, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-pre-teens-vaccines-middle-schools-require.html Pediatrics Mon, 07 May 2012 10:40:01 EST news255605124 (AP) -- For Jennifer Stella, it's a question of informed consent. Her son had a seizure after getting childhood vaccinations and her daughter suffered a "head-to-toe" eczema outbreak; she says parents should research the risks and benefits of immunizations and decide which ones are appropriate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-vt-debates-parents-vaccines.html Health Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:44:17 EST news254371436 A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-panel-adults-whooping-shots.html Health Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:51:19 EST news249137471 Administration of routine infant immunizations with a vaccine for serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium that is a cause of serious disease such as sepsis and meningitis, was effective against meningococcal strains and produced minimal interference with the response to the routine vaccinations, according to a study in the February 8 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-administration-meningococcal-vaccine-routine-infant.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:30:44 EST news247854597 The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends routine HPV vaccination for males aged 11 to 12 years and catch-up vaccination for males aged 13 to 21. These are just two of the changes to the 2012 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule being published February 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-adult-immunization-broadens-hpv-hepatitis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:50:02 EST news247288940 Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. - mostly babies and toddlers - were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-whooping-vaccine-side-effects.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:40:01 EST news245069565 Known for her poetry, letters, love affair and marriage to Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning also left a legacy of unanswered questions about her lifelong chronic illness. Now, a Penn State anthropologist, with the aid of her daughter, may have unraveled the mystery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-elizabeth-barrett-browning-illness-deciphered.html Other Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:52:37 EST news243514313 (AP) -- Backpack. Notebooks. Whooping cough shot? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-back-to-school-vaccines-tweens-teens.html Health Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:47:35 EST news233250424