| FORMAT |
AGE |
TITLE |
SUMMARY |
PUBLISHED |
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18 days |
"Ramona's
Story" |
Story #106: "Pertussis (whooping cough) is a serious disease! It is most dangerous for babies, but anyone can become seriously ill from it. As Ramona Town Rae now knows, adults should also get vaccinated against whooping cough to protect themselves, their families and friends, and babies they may be in contact with." |
12/6/13 |
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PDF |
18 days |
"Newborn's death
emphasizes need to consider pertussis in differential diagnosis of coughing
adults" |
Story
#76: A mother
with undiagnosed pertussis infects her three children and many members of her
extended family; her newborn son dies of the disease. |
6/23/05 |
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PDF |
1 wk., 4
yrs.,
7 wks. |
"Parents helpless as
children battle pertussis" |
Story
#74: Three
parents recount the suffering their young children endured during life-and-death
struggles with pertussis. |
5/25/05 |
| HTML
PDF |
Infant |
"Infant dies after
contracting pertussis from adult family members" |
Story
#72: A
29-day-old infant's death underscores the need to protect nonimmunized or
partially immunized infants from exposure to persons with cough illness. |
2/1/05 |
| HTML
PDF |
Infants |
"Pertussis claims life
of Texas infant" |
Story
#55: A newborn
becomes ill at 13 days, is diagnosed with pertussis at 25 days, and dies at 27
days. |
5/30/03 |
| HTML
PDF |
Infants |
"Pertussis Deaths-United States,
2000" |
Story #47: Seventeen U.S. infants
die from pertussis in 2000. |
7/25/02 |
| HTML
PDF |
4 yrs. |
"Nick: A close call with whooping
cough" |
Story #23: Responding to media
stories about adverse effects of the vaccine, a couple halts their son's DTaP
series after the first shot. When the boy turns four, he is hospitalized with
whooping cough. |
2/29/00 |
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PDF |
Infants |
"Pertussis claims the lives of two
infants" |
Story #10: Two San Francisco Bay
Area infants die of pertussis within a month of each other. |
1/7/99 |
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