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New Jersey Assembly amends proposed legislation on pertussis vaccines
Tweet The New Jersey Assembly added sponsors on Monday to a bill that would require hospitals and birthing facilities to give new mothers information about pertussis vaccines for adults. Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (D-6th), Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-11th) and Assemblywoman Valerie … Read More »
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Tagged Medical Countermeasures, Pertussis, whooping cough
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Study: Whole-cell vaccines more effective for pertussis than acellular
Tweet Whole-cell pertussis vaccines were more effective against the disease also known as whooping cough than acellular vaccines during a recent outbreak in California, according to a recent Kaiser Permanente study. The study examined 10- to 17-year-olds who received pertussis … Read More »
New findings could improve future whooping cough vaccine
Tweet Researchers at Trinity College Dublin recently made novel discoveries related to the vaccine for whooping cough, also called pertussis, that could improve vaccines in the future, according to a study published in PLoS Pathogens. Kingston Mills and his research … Read More »
Whooping cough cases decrease in England
TweetFigures released by Public Health England on Friday show that the number of whooping cough cases in England has continued to decrease in 2013. Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacteria that spreads by infected persons coughing. Whooping cough can … Read More »
Qasim: We must reach all Somali children with vaccines
TweetThe Somalian government is committed to reaching all Somalian children with a new pentavalent vaccine to break the cycle of unnecessary deaths, UNICEF said on Tuesday. During the recent launch of the vaccine, which protects against Haemophilus influenza type B, … Read More »
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Tagged Hepatitis B, Influenza, Medical Countermeasures, whooping cough
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Ainsworth allegedly touts sugar pills as homeopathic vaccines in U.K.
TweetYourwellness Magazine recently reported U.K. homeopathic pharmacy Ainsworths allegedly labeled sugar pills as vaccines for childhood ailments. Recent outbreaks of whooping cough in the United Kingdom the past year have claimed the lives of 13 infants, which is the worst … Read More »
U.K. whooping cough cases drop
Tweet The Health Protection Agency recently reported that the number of whooping cough cases continued to drop in England and Wales in January. The HPA said that there were 668 cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, in January, … Read More »
U.S. health officials find potentially vaccine-resistant whooping cough
Tweet Researchers have discovered the first cases of whooping cough in the U.S. caused by a germ that may be resistant to the vaccine, according to a recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Scientists from the U.S. … Read More »