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Video: Understanding whooping cough

Credit: Mayo Clinic Cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, continue to rise in the U.S. New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show nearly 18,000 cases through Oct. 5. While that is somewhat in line with pre-pandemic numbers, it’s a large increase from the same period last year when...

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Worst U.S. whooping cough outbreak in a decade has infected thousands

Whooping cough is spreading nationwide at the highest levels since 2014. There have been more than 16,000 cases this year — more than four times as many compared to the same time last year — and two confirmed deaths. And experts are concerned that the outbreak could worsen in the fall and winter months. “More children are...

US whooping cough cases rising, especially in teens, CDC says
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US whooping cough cases rising, especially in teens, CDC says

September 20, 2024 by Robin Foster Whooping cough cases are climbing at the fastest pace in years as students across America return to school, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. In figures published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 291 cases were reported for the week ending Sept. 14. New...

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Waning potency of pertussis vaccine a significant contributor to recent whooping cough outbreaks

by  Kaiser Permanente In a large new Kaiser Permanente study, children who were up to date on their pertussis vaccine schedule were far less likely to develop the disease than unvaccinated children. However, most pertussis cases were in fully vaccinated children. The risk of vaccinated children becoming ill increased with the time since vaccination, suggesting that...

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Whopping numbers on whooping cough

Another is pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough because of the distinctive sound it causes as people experience severe coughing bouts. An infection of the respiratory system, pertussis jumped from fewer than 2,000 cases in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s to more than 48,000 in 2012, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although the number of cases is...