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Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families
In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...
One mom 'paid the ultimate price' when her child died of whooping cough. She wants to spare others
Callie Grace was born on Christmas Eve 2009 after Katie Van Tornhout and her husband tried for years for a baby. But when ...
'We paid the ultimate price': Mother on heartbreak of losing child to whooping cough
Katie Van Tornhout, an Indiana woman who lost her 37-day-old daughter to whooping cough, recalls the heartbreak of losing a ...
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Why Whooping Cough, Measles And Rubella Still Haunt U.S. Families, Here's What Vaccine Hesitancy Overlooks
It’s easy to forget how deadly whooping cough, measles, rubella, and polio once were—but for families who lost loved ones, ...
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Uptick in Whooping Cough Cases Prompts New Warnings from Health Officials
It’s a sound no parent wants to hear—that relentless cough that just won’t go away. Now, health officials are warning of a ...
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Public Health: Whooping cough is back
Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...
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Whooping cough cases rising, vaccination rates down - Winston-Salem Journal
Whooping cough tends to peak around this time of year and in the fall. It's usually spread through respiratory droplets in the air, when people with pertussis cough, sneeze or breathe close to others.