Whooping Cough News

THE State Government has won Commonwealth support for a national immunisation strategy to help stem the surge in cases of whooping cough, which has resulted in the death of three infants this year.

Five cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been confirmed in Buchanan County, the Buchanan County Public Health Department reported Tuesday.

Officials with the Wayne County Health Department in Fairfield confirmed two cases this week.

Most of the cases are at the elementary school. Another case is an 8th grader. According to Susan Kunferman, the Director/Health Officer of Wood County's Health Department, 6 cases affect children ranging in the ages from 10 through 11 years of age.

ANN ARBOR, Mich - Doctors can do a better job of diagnosing whooping cough among teens, an age group with a growing incidence of the illness, according to a University of Michigan study.

Thursday, 14 May 2009, 9:25 am Press Release: Toi Te Ora Increase in whooping cough is a reminder to immunise babies on time Parents in the Bay of Plenty and Lakes are urged to get their babies immunised against whooping cough to protect them from an expected outbreak.

The Minnesota Department of Health has informed Mankato Area Public Schools of a confirmed case of whooping cough.

The outbreak of whooping cough in New South Wales has reached the far west. The Greater Western Area Health Service's Cathy Seaward says there has been a 1,000 per cent increase in cases reported in the western region.

The Santa Rosa County Health Department is investigating four confirmed cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in the county.

AN escalation of whooping cough diagnoses across NSW has led to calls for a national review of how the potentially fatal disease could be prevented.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:41 PM WCLT News Staff Officials are testing at least seven cases of swine flu in central Ohio and now the whooping cough outbreak in Muskingum County has reached Fairfield County.

Oxford County Public Health and Emergency Services is in the early stages of investigating several cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough.

Three students in the Northwestern Lehigh School District have been diagnosed with whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory disease that could lead to pneumonia.

Tue, Apr 14, 2009. 05:23 PM Seven cases of Pertussis or "Whooping Cough" in two grades at one school alone has led to the Zanesville Muskingum County Health Department recommending certain students at the school see a physician.

Because most young children are immunized against the disease, parents shouldn't worry too much about an outbreak of whooping cough recently reported at a Cowichan Valley school, says a Cowichan Valley physician.

About 35 students at Dan River Middle School are being treated with antibiotics because another student has whooping cough, a nurse coordinator with Pittsylvania County Schools said Wednesday.