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Hundreds line up for free whooping cough vaccinations
Q13 FOX News OnlineHundreds of people lined up outside Group Health’s Burien Medical Center to get a free whooping cough booster shot – the vaccine is also known as "T-dap." The vaccines were offered to adults who are around children a lot and who can't...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Christine Gregoire, Vaccines, Health
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Long on decline, whooping cough makes a comeback
![Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. -- many of them children -- were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67189235-05215457.jpg "Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. -- many of them children -- were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace,\" as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.")
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. -- many of them children -- were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.
"Childhood Cough Is Given...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Human Body, Trine Tsouderos, Health, McHenry
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Is your baby up to date? This week is immunization week
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelIf your child needs to have his or her shots brought up to date, this week is a good time to do it. In honor of National Infant Immunization Week, April 21-28, health departments across Central Florida are encouraging parents to make sure their infants... -
Governor releases emergency funds to try to slow spread of whooping cough
Q13 Fox News OnlineGov. Christine Gregoire announced Thursday she is making emergency funds available to the state Department of Health to help curb the epidemic of whooping cough (pertussis) under way in Washington. In addition, Gregoire is urging health care...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Christine Gregoire, Government, Regional Authority, Epidemics and Plagues
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Immunization deadline passes for Dallastown School District, 12 kept out of school
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Friday they are extending the window for students to comply with a new school immunization law for two weeks. The health department implemented new immunization standards at the beginning of the 2011-2012...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Chickenpox
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Grace Period for School Immunizations Extended by Two Weeks
Content ManagerThe Pennsylvania Department of Health is giving parents more time to bring their children's school vaccinations up todate. Late Friday afternoon the Department extended by two weeks the grace period to comply with new school immunization...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Schools, Chickenpox, Diseases and Illnesses
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Leila Denmark dies at 114; pediatrician practiced until she was 103
Dr. Leila Daughtry Denmark, a Georgia pediatrician who was the country's oldest known practicing physician when she retired at 103, died Sunday at her daughter's home in Athens, Ga., her family announced. She was 114.
Denmark was the world's fourth-...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Denmark, Epidemics and Plagues, People (magazine), Health
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Free whooping cough shots for adults Monday in Olympia
Q13 Fox News OnlineBooster shots and immunizations against whooping cough will be provided free to adults in the state Capitol Monday. The chairs of the state Senate and House health care committees -- Rep. Eileen Cody, D-Seattle, and Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent -- have...Tags: Karen Keiser, Eileen Cody, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Immunizing more adults could save lives, dollars
LANSING – Failure to fully immunize Michigan adults has a staggering impact on job makers and the state economy, according to a new report by the Michigan Primary Care Consortium. The report, “The Business Case for Full Adult Immunization...
Tags: Healthcare Industry, Marketing, Preventative Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Flu
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More than 1,000 whooping cough cases in Washington; epidemic continues
Q13 FOX News reporterThe number of people with whooping cough in Washington state has reached epidemic levels, health officials said. Since the start of 2012, 1,008 cases of the ailment have been reported as of April 21. This number is up drastically from the 94 cases...Tags: Coughing, Symptoms, Preventative Medicine, Vaccines, Epidemics and Plagues
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National Infant Immunization Week is April 22-28
PETOSKEY — National Infant Immunization Week, which runs April 22-28, is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine preventable diseases. Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could...Tags: Childhood Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine, Vaccines, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
World TB Day The Department of Health observes World TB Day March 24 with a display in the lobby of the Health Services Building, 3 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis. Tuberculosis, a disease caused by bacteria, is transmitted through the air, usually by...Tags: Glen Burnie, Preventative Medicine, Human Body, Mental Health, Skin Cancer
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