As whooping cough cases are surging globally, some may wonder if it’s necessary to get a booster. Cases of the childhood respiratory disease also known as pertussis are surging internationally and in parts of the U.S., according to a recent report. Bordetella pertussis is a type of bacteria that causes a very contagious respiratory infection
The Health Ministry doesn't plan to buy vaccines against the disease.
Whooping cough outbreaks in Europe, Asia and parts of the U.S. should be a reminder to get vaccinated, experts say. Since January, cases of whooping cough have risen sharply in the U.K. and Europe, the largest surge since 2012. China logged more than 15,000 cases in January of this year, a 15-fold increase over the same time period last year. This month there have been small clusters of reported cases among high school students in the San Francisco Bay Area and several isolated cases in Hawaii....
The ‘Journal’ asked various health bodies for information and comment after numerous reports of people being affected by a persistent coughing condition day and night and lasting for weeks on end, with some needing multiple courses of antibiotics and steroids to help rid them of what appears to be an infection. Latest statistics reveal that there have been over 460 cases of ‘clinically suspected’ whooping cough, which is also called pertussis, notified to the Public Health Agency since January...
Several cases have been in infants too young to be vaccinated.
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Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has admitted that its Covid-19 vaccine can cause a rare side effect known as Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome' (TTS), according to a report by the London-based newspaper The Telegraph. The admission was made in court documents for the first time since rolling out of the vaccine.The pharmaceutical company, which developed the vaccine in partnership with the University of Oxford, is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that their vaccine has resulted in...
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DR SALEYHA AHSAN: I'm now at Day 23 of the '100-day' cough. What I have is whooping cough. It started with a mild cough in March, but within days I had severe coughing fits.
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