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Whooping Cough Vaccine Not Very Effective

| May 6, 2015 Comment

Whooping cough vaccine not very effective, a new study shows. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics found that the TDAP vaccine, though effective initially, starts waning after 2 to 4 years. There have been three whooping cough epidemics in the US in the past five years, in 2010 and 2014, when nearly 11,000 people […]

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California Has Three New Measles Cases, Arizona Says Outbreak Winding Down

California Has Three New Measles Cases, Arizona Says Outbreak Winding Down

| February 14, 2015 Comment

California has three new measles cases, Arizona says outbreak winding down – California public health officials have confirmed three more cases of measles in an outbreak that began in late December, bringing to 113 the total number of people believed to have been infected in the state. Health officials in Arizona, where seven cases of […]

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