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News: May 28, 2012
Study: More Pre-Teens Get Vaccines When Middle Schools Require Them
MONDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Pre-teens living in states that require vaccinations for incoming middle school students are more likely to be immunized than those in states without such requirements, a new study finds. Current vaccine guideline...
All U.S. Adults Should Get Whooping Cough Shot: Panel
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health experts recommended Wednesday that all adults get vaccinated against whooping cough, an infectious bacterial disease that triggers uncontrollable coughing and is especially dangerous to infants. T...
Experts Revise Guidelines for Whooping Cough Vaccination
MONDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Revised recommendations for the use of Tdap vaccine to protect against pertussis ("whooping cough") in older children and adults have been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Centers for...
Kids' Hacking Is Seldom Whooping Cough, Study Finds
FRIDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Very few babies and children treated for coughs or respiratory illnesses have pertussis, a highly contagious childhood disease also known as whooping cough, Swiss researchers have found. The findings should reas...
Most Parents Vaccinate Kids, Trust Docs' Advice on Shots
TUESDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- About 93 percent of parents said their children either had or were going to get all of the recommended vaccinations, and more than three-fourths said they trusted their doctor's advice on immunizations, two ne...
Pediatricians Issue New Vaccination Recommendations
TUESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Teenagers need a booster shot to protect them from meningococcal meningitis, a potentially deadly infection of the tissue around the brain, while all kids should have up-to-date whooping cough vaccines in light ...
Spread of Whooping Cough Raises Concern
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Amidst the largest outbreak of whooping cough in decades, public health officials in California are urging residents, particularly pregnant women and those who come into contact with infants, to make sure they...
Whooping Cough Immunity Lasts 30 Years or More
FRIDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to whooping cough will provide immunity for an average of three decades, new research suggests. Doctors had previously thought that immunity lasted for much less time. But the new study, by researchers ...
Refusing Shots Puts Kids at Higher Risk for Whooping Cough
TUESDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to children who are immunized against whooping cough, those who aren't vaccinated are 23 times more likely to get the infection -- a finding that shows the danger faced by children whose parents refuse ...
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