LR-20062 is under clinical development by LG Chem and currently in Phase I for Pertussis (Whooping Cough). According to GlobalData, Phase I drugs for Pertussis (Whooping Cough) have an 83% phase ...

MANY questions about the immunologic mechanism responsible for the permanence of immunity after an attack of whooping cough are still obscure, in spite of a large number of clinical and ...

Health officials were keeping their fingers crossed today that no more children have fallen ill in an outbreak of whooping cough at a primary school. At least 23 children have fallen ill with the ...

Rapid City Area Schools confirmed there was a positive pertussis case in the district this week. According to an email sent to parents, the case occurred in North Middle School. Douglas School ...

This whooping cough epidemic might be the biggest, ugliest and most challenging in New Zealand's history. Photo / 123RF Wanting to help children was one of the main reasons I became an ...

An infant death from whooping cough has highlighted the urgent need for vaccination against the disease, especially for pregnant women and vulnerable infants. New Zealand’s ongoing whooping ...

A baby has died from whooping cough two months into an epidemic in New Zealand. Health officials declared an epidemic late last year, as cases spiked to levels not seen since 2018. Health New Zealand ...

It is more important now than ever that we prioritise getting our hapū māmā, as well as our youngest and most vulnerable whānau members, immunised against whooping cough (pertussis). “Today we are ...

A baby has died from whooping cough two months into an epidemic in New Zealand. Health officials declared an epidemic late last year, as cases spiked to levels not seen since 2018. What you need to ...

Whooping cough can be very serious in some infants, but typically they start to recover after two to four weeks. Older children and adults with whooping cough may have milder symptoms.

(KFSN) -- It's a nagging cough that can stick around for weeks, and even months. "The pertussis cough has a very distinctive sound in children and adults," says Leticia Berber with the Fresno ...

A baby has died from whooping cough during the Christmas period, marking the first fatality since the national epidemic was declared. Te Whatu Ora’s Public Health Medicine Specialist Dr Matt ...