New mathematical model explains changing patterns in epidemics
...iseases, including chicken pox, rubella, polio and whooping cough. The model also could apply to many ecologic...nt effects of immunization programs on measles and whooping cough epidemics....NIAID expands vaccine testing network
...diseases, including pneumonia, influenza, cholera, whooping cough, malaria, and tuberculosis. Childhood vaccines and so-called combination vaccines the delivery of several vaccines at the same time have been and remain an important part of the network's research agenda. The first trial of an edible vaccine ...UT Southwestern, Children's Medical Center to test new rapid diagnostic equipment
...he emergency room tests positive for meningitis or whooping cough, new rapid diagnostic testing equipment will...nd Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough. "Having this grant and collaborating with Cepheid will allow us to march rapidly forward with...NIAID releases 20th anniversary edition of Jordan Report on vaccine research
...nzae type b as well as an improved vaccine against whooping cough. The report also includes expert perspectives on a variety of vaccine research-related topics such as vaccine regulations, safety evaluations, economic considerations and vaccine risk communication. Other key topics in the report include the f...Do vaccines cause asthma, allergies or other chronic diseases?
...ble infectious diseases such as measles, mumps and whooping cough are easily transmitted regardless of home hygiene. "The flaws in using this biological mechanism to explain a link between vaccines and allergies are consistent with large-scale epidemiological studies," said Dr. Offit. "Those studies found no ...Why is this year's flu so severe?
...ents for diseases or illnesses like flu, smallpox, whooping cough, pneumonia, malaria, and tuberculosis....Whooping cough makes a national comeback
...ect their teenagers, pertussis. Commonly known as whooping cough, pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial ...nt outbreaks at summer sleep-away camps. Although whooping cough is rarely fatal in older children, the mortality rate is highest in unvaccinated infants who c...Researchers recommend vaccinating adolescents against whooping cough
... adolescents and some adults be vaccinated against whooping cough to help prevent infection and potential tran...300,000 people--mostly infants--die each year from whooping cough, known scientifically as pertussis. The disease is caused by Bordetella pertussis, a type of b...