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Show: September 19, 2010:
- The Return of Whooping Cough
- Get Current on Your Vaccines
- Ear Candle Warning
- Early Puberty in Girls
- Research on Menopausal Hot Flashes
- Larger Waist Size Increases Risk of Death
- Book: The Youth Pill
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The Return of Whooping Cough
Host: Barbara Lewis
Interview: Alan Fleischman, MD
Medical director, March of Dimes
Katie and Craig Tornhout, South Bend, Indiana, experienced that heartbreak firsthand.
Dr Alan Fleischman, medical director of the March of Dimes, discusses the new prevalence of whooping cough.
He says that in the U.S., there are as many as three million cases per year, mostly in adults and adolescents. In these cases, the disease is not serious.
The problem is that these individuals carry the disease to young children, who can die from the disease. Parents Katie and Craig Tornhout of South Bend, Indiana, experienced that heartbreak firsthand.
The Tornhout's and Dr. Fleischman emphasize the importance of getting the childhood vaccine or the adult booster.
The childhood vaccine is called DTaP. The whooping cough booster vaccine for adolescents and adults is called Tdap.
Additional Resources:
- An overview of symptoms and treatments for whooping cough, from Kidshealth.org.
- Find out about the TDAP booster from the CDC.
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