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Feb 8, 2013
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First Cases of Vaccine-Resistant Whooping Cough Found in United States

By Lauren Edmundson
In a letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors have identified twelve cases of pertussis that do not respond to the pertussis vaccine. The samples were...
whooping cough, pertussis, vaccine, resistance, pertactin
Jul 25, 2012
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United States Faces Twice as Many Pertussis Cases as Last Year

By Lauren Edmundson
New statistics show that the United States is in the midst of the worst outbreak of pertussis, or whooping cough, in fifty years.  Case reports have doubled between 2011 and 2012, with nearly 18,...
pertussis, whooping cough, vaccination, tdap, dtap
Jun 11, 2012
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Drug-Resistant Whooping Cough in France

By Lauren Edmundson
Doctors recently discovered an antibiotic-resistant case of pertussis in an infant in Lyon, France. The child, an 18-day-old, arrived at Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant with a cough that had lasted for...
whooping cough, pertussis, vaccine, antibiotic resistance
May 18, 2012
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Whooping Cough Making Headlines Across the Country

By Jane Huston
The Washington State Secretary of Health Mary Selecky has declared whooping cough is at epidemic levels and requested federal assistance. Washington has counted 1284 cases since the beginning of...
whooping cough, pertussis, vaccine, herd immunity, washington, Idaho, New Mexico
Nov 14, 2011
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Whooping Cough Outbreak in McHenry County, Ill.

By Anna Tomasulo
McHenry County, Ill. is in the midst of a whooping cough outbreak. Nine students from Cary-Grove High School were initially diagnosed with whooping cough (pertussis) in October. Soon after, cases...
pertussis, whooping cough
Dec 15, 2010
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Spotlight on Whooping Cough

By healthmap
This summer, CDC reported on a dramatic rise in whooping cough cases in California.  As of the most recent MMWR report, California has had 2,625 cases to date, a four-fold increase from last year’s...
whooping cough
Nov 23, 2010
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Whooping Cough Cases Rising Throughout U.S.

By healthmap
In the past week, we have received alerts about whooping cough in numerous states, including Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina,  Oregon, and Pennsylvania.  Los...
whooping cough, United States