MEASLES VACCINATION IN THE NEWS

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Measles is an extremely contagious virus that has virtually been eliminated from the United States since the 1990’s due to broad-ranging immunization of children throughout the country.  Now, with the desire to avoid immunizations for their children, we are seeing a resurgence of this illness. To understand the history of this disease and to get …

WHOOPING COUGH IS WHOOPING IT UP

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Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial infection of childhood and adolesence, affecting children from 3 months to the teen years. It causes a severe cough and fever and can be very persistent and aggressive in the very young. In adults, it tends to cause milder infection with the hallmark of a persistent …