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A baby has died from whooping cough two months into an epidemic in New Zealand. Health officials declared an epidemic late last year, as cases spiked to levels not seen since 2018. Health New Zealand ...

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The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has launched its annual vaccination campaign today (Sunday), targeting Year 10 students to protect them against tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough (Tdap).

Symptoms of whooping cough vary based on age, medical conditions and whether the child is vaccinated against the disease. The main sign is strong coughing. Between coughs, children take deep ...

Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV are staples of the winter cold and flu season, but the measles, whooping cough and norovirus are ...

Tairāwhiti has recorded 13 cases of whooping cough and one baby has been hospitalised since a national epidemic was declared in November. National Public Health Service public health medicine ...

Illinois public health officials ... vast agency at the top of a pyramid of others that regulate food and medicine, when children should start getting vaccinated and for which diseases, along ...

Researchers from McGill University, UC Berkeley School of Public Health and ... fever and cough, and can lead to severe complications, especially in young children. The disease is a threat in ...