Whooping Cough

Whooping Cough Spreads In Boulder And Weld Counties

Emily Boyer — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:17:32 +0000

Local health officials say the outbreak is the worst in 20 years. Boulder County has issued a health warning after recording 61 confirmed cases of whooping cough.

Whooping Cough Cases in Colorado Now at 64-Year High

Erin OToole — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:10:59 +0000

Colorado is experiencing its worst season for whooping cough in more than six decades. Statewide 1,407 cases have been reported as of Dec. 8 - a number not seen since 1948.

Whooping Cough Cases Top 1,000 in Colorado

Erin OToole — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:06:30 +0000

State health officials are concerned about a growing pertussis epidemic in Colorado. To date, 1,026 cases of pertussis (commonly referred to as whooping cough) have been confirmed statewide.

Whooping Cough Vaccine's Protection Fades Quickly

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:23:00 +0000

To protect children against whooping cough, doctors recommend five shots of vaccine before they turn 7.

But what happens after that? How long does the protection last?

Researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center checked it out. They compared 277 kids who came down with whooping cough, or pertussis, to more than 3,000 children who tested negative for it.

Doctors Deploy Shots And Drugs Against Whooping Cough Outbreak

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:34:00 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I got an e-mail from my son's middle school alerting families that several students had been diagnosed with whooping cough, also called pertussis. I didn't pay too much attention; my son has been vaccinated and he got a booster shot a couple of years ago so I hoped he would be protected.

Then I started to cough.

A visit to my doctor and a pertussis test confirmed that I am one of the 338 people infected with it in Oregon this year.