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Whooping cough

June 2024

  • Pediatrician makes vaccination to small boy

    Why are whooping cough infections surging in Australia and should you get a booster jab?

  • Pregnant women in black top has vaccine, while holding hand of companion

    Three more babies die after developing whooping cough, says UKHSA

May 2024

  • Two pharmacists restock the shelves

    UK pharmacists demand powers to change whooping cough prescriptions

  • A close-up of an infant receiving a routine vaccination

    Whooping cough will kill more babies unless UK vaccination rates rise, says expert

  • Rachi Weerasinghe, 56: he is pictured in the City of London, standing in front of the Bank of England, and is wearing an orange, pink and grey striped scarf over a black puffer jacket and pale blue shirt

    ‘I can’t seem to fight this off’: readers’ experiences of whooping cough

  • A baby receives a vaccination by a health worker wearing blue rubber gloves

    Five babies in England reported dead after developing whooping cough

April 2024

  • An infant receives a routine vaccination at First Georgia Physician Group Pediatrics in Fayetteville, Ga., Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. The vaccinations that U.S. schoolchildren are required to get to hold terrible diseases like polio, hepatitis, tetanus and whooping cough in check are way behind schedule this year, threatening further complications to a school year already marred by COVID-19. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)

    Tell us: have you been affected by whooping cough?

    We’re interested to hear about people’s experiences of whooping cough and how their doctor’s surgery handled it

December 2023

  • A baby receives a routine two-month vaccination against whooping cough and other conditions including diphtheria, tetanus and polio at a health centre – he is cradled in his mother's arms while a nurse injects a syringe into his thigh and the arm of the doctor is supporting

    What is whooping cough and why are cases rising in England and Wales?

    Data shows increase in infections and experts advise vaccination for pregnant women, babies and young children

May 2016

  • MRSA colonies on blood agar plate

    What we must do to avert antibiotic catastrophe

    Letters: In the fight against drug resistance, companies such as GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer should not be let off the hook by focusing exclusively on the new and the innovative

August 2014

  • X-ray of human chest showing pulmonary tuberculosis

    Beveridge revisited: the 21st century evils
    Why we should be concerned about the return of Victorian diseases

    John Middleton

    Official figures showing a rise in diseases linked to poverty, such as gout, TB, measles, malnutrition and whooping cough are a barometer of failure and neglect, says John Middleton

April 2014

  • needle stock

    Whooping cough vaccine may have lost its punch as bacterium evolves

    Australian study showed 80% of cases were free of the protein needed for vaccine's efficacy

September 2013

  • Police at the scene of the crash near Seaham, Co Durham, where four members of a family were killed

    Whooping cough led lorry driver to black out in crash that killed four

    Lorry driver Owen David sobs as he tells inquest of events leading up to collision in which four members of a family died

December 2012

  • whooping cough vaccine warning

    Whooping cough alert for pregnant women

    Fewer than half of mothers-to-be have been vaccinated, despite an increase in cases that has seen 13 babies die

November 2012

  • Syringe

    Whooping cough kills three more babies

    Health Protection Agency says disease has now led to 13 infant deaths this year

September 2012

  • Child in womb

    Whooping cough jab to be offered during pregnancy

    Vaccine now available for women in 28th to 38th week of pregnancy in move to halt surge in baby deaths

August 2012

  • Vaccination

    Whooping cough epidemic means newborn babies may get jabs

    Vaccination usually first given to babies at two months may be brought forward as number of cases of disease rises

July 2012

  • whooping cough vaccine

    Five infant deaths signal serious UK whooping cough outbreak

    Health Protection Agency in talks with government about launching a booster vaccination programme

June 2012

  • australian water polo

    London 2012: Australian water polo team hit by whooping cough

    A coach and two members of the Australian women's water polo team have been diagnosed with whooping cough at a training camp in Canberra

April 2012

  • little girl coughing with hand over her mouth

    Dr ­Dillner’s health dilemmas
    Dr Dillner's health dilemmas: who needs a whooping cough jab?

  • Child being vaccinated

    Whooping cough cases rise in England

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