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2. What Doctors Want You to Know About the Whooping Cough ... - AOL

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   Data from the CDC show that whooping cough cases have skyrocketed this year. In 2024, there have been 16,375 recorded cases of pertussis, compared to 3,771 cases at this time last year.

3. Pertussis vaccine - Wikipedia

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   Pertussis vaccine is a vaccine that protects against whooping cough (pertussis). [1] [2] There are two main types: whole-cell vaccines and acellular vaccines.[1] [2] The whole-cell vaccine is about 78% effective while the acellular vaccine is 71–85% effective.

4. Whooping cough - Wikipedia

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   Whooping cough (/ ˈ h uː p ɪ ŋ / or / ˈ w uː p ɪ ŋ /), also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease. [1] [10] Initial symptoms are usually similar to those of the common cold with a runny nose, fever, and mild cough, but these are followed by two or three months of severe coughing fits. [1]

5. Cocooning (immunization) - Wikipedia

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   Cocooning for pertussis has been recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States since 2006. [11] The World Health Organization, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Global Pertussis Initiative, and the Public Health Agency of Canada all recommend cocooning against pertussis. [4]

6. Health experts warn of whooping cough outbreaks in these areas

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   However, babies who contract whooping cough often don't cough at all. Instead, they turn blue or struggle to breathe, and about one-third of those under 1 year old will need hospital care to fight ...

7. Whooping cough, parvovirus and COVID rates are surging ... - AOL

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   Whooping cough, aka pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes intense coughing fits, per the CDC. “It tends to be an annoying illness for those with normal immune systems ...

8. DPT vaccine - Wikipedia

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   The DPT vaccine or DTP vaccine is a class of combination vaccines to protect against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (lockjaw). [7] The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids , and either killed whole cells of the bacterium that causes pertussis or pertussis antigens .

9. Whooping cough cases have exploded since 2023, new CDC ... - AOL

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   Whooping cough cases are continuing to rise in the United States, with new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that there are five times as many cases this year ...