CDC: Whooping cough cases misdiagnosed
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A reported boom in U.S. whooping cough cases is now being questioned after health officials discovered a regularly used lab test misdiagnosed cases in suspected outbreaks in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Tennessee.
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Common misconceptions about influenza and the flu vaccine may be preventing people from getting vaccinated, a new survey has found.
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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported yesterday.
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Delaware is the first state in the nation to report &quot;widespread&quot; flu this season - the highest level on the national scale - but the description is more than a bit misleading.
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Online symptoms searches can be useful. They can also give you acute misinformation.
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( KIRKSVILLE ) On Wednesday, KTVO told you about five confirmed cases of whooping cough in the Ottumwa Community School District. And now, we&#39;ve learned there is also a confirmed case in Adair County .
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines can be dangerous for young children and there is no evidence they work, doctors told a U.S. advisory panel on Thursday.
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Manufacturers should  conduct clinical studies to show that over-the-counter cough  and cold medicines are effective in children less than 12 years  old, a U.S. advisory panel said on Friday.
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Common children's cold and cough medicines are coming under scrutiny from federal drug regulators, who say the remedies and their recommended doses have not been studied enough in children, a newspaper reported.
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GM Today Staff. There were nearly 300 cases of whooping cough reported in Washington County this year, the county&#39;s Health Department reported Thursday.
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A CDC survey finds that American adults are failing to get themselves immunized, putting themselves at unnecessary risk for disease
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Common children's cold and cough medicines are coming under scrutiny from federal drug regulators, who say the remedies and their recommended doses have not been studied enough in children
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During last year's influenza  season, the number of infants and toddlers in the US who were  vaccinated against the flu varied by tenfold between different  locations, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - Protection against whooping   cough, also known as pertussis, appears to wane a few years   after immunization with pertussis vaccine during infancy.   Therefore, booster vaccination is probably warranted at 5 to 7   years of age, doctors from Sweden conclude in a report in the   journal Pediatrics.
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Concerned health officials began investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, while Americans jostled for now-scarce immunizations on Friday.
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Coos County Public Health has canceled all flu shot clinics due to the vaccine shortage. The department will update residents on its plans as vaccine becomes available from the state.
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Federal health officials are investigating if there's a link between illnesses reported by several workers at a pig slaughterhouse in Indiana and those seen recently in workers at a Minnesota pork plant.