The terrifying 100-day cough sweeping Britain: Cases are up 3,800 per cent with young babies at risk. A mother whose child died at 32 days urges action
by Daily Mail
Daily Mail— There's a cough going around that paediatricians tell me is making babies really unwell. And, worryingly, whooping cough, which has already proved fatal in some babies, is on the rise
Daily Mail—Five newborn babies die in spiralling whooping cough outbreak: Cases of '100 day cough' in 2024 are already three times higher than whole of last year, as post-Covid vaccine scepticism is blamed. Health chiefs say Covid lockdowns have fuelled England's unprecedented epidemic of pertussis, nicknamed the '100-day cough' because it's notoriously hard to shake.
dailym.ai—I've had whooping cough and it's terrifying. It lasts 100 days and can leave you vomiting, struggling to breathe and incontinent, says DR SALEYHA AHSAN. As five babies die we're due an even bigger outbreak. That really awful hacking cough that's going around? It's called pertussis - 'whooping cough' or the '100-day cough', as it's known to most people - and cases are surging in the UK.
cambridgenews—All of the whooping cough cases in Cambridgeshire as five babies die in UK. There has been a sharp rises in cases nationally