whooping cough
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Whooping cough cases reach 35 year high
Australia has recorded its highest rates of whooping cough in three decades, as the number of fully immunised children reached…
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Clinical Practice
Pregnancy trend putting babies at risk
New data show that maternal immunisation rates have been slipping, leaving more pregnant women and infants unprotected. Experts across Australia…
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News
140,000 babies protected against RSV
Australia’s world-leading infant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation program has demonstrated remarkable success this winter, significantly reducing hospital admissions for…
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Clinical Practice
Whooping cough cases are spiking in NSW, Qld
The federal health department has reported an increasing number of whooping cough cases, with 7031 cases recorded in the first five months of…
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Study casts doubt on new whooping cough vaccine
The limited effectiveness of the current pertussis vaccine might explain the resurgence in whooping cough in babies, new research has…
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When a cough gets nasty
It is critical that the current whooping cough epidemic should not undermine public trust in vaccination programs, write Jodie McVernon…
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