Scotland: 2014 Whooping cough

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Source: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/experts-warn-about-whooping-cough.23927535

Experts warn about whooping cough
Thursday 10 April 2014

RATES of whooping cough in Scotland remain unusually high following a recent outbreak of the potentially deadly infection.

A report by Health Protection Scotland said that while diagnoses of pertussis had fallen in 2014, the level remained above average...

 

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Re: Scotland: 2014 Whooping cough

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-27329421

8 May 2014 Last updated at 19:23 ET
Fall in number of Scottish whooping cough cases
Pregnant woman being given whooping cough vaccine Figures showed that 78% of pregnant women in Scotland were vaccinated against whooping cough in 2013

A whooping cough vaccination programme for pregnant women has been successful, according to a report.

Figures show that the programme reduced the number of cases in babies by about 85%.

Researchers found that 78% of pregnant women had been vaccinated against the disease in 2013.

The programme was originally launched in 2012 after a large outbreak of whooping cough in the UK.

The number of cases in children under one fell from 140 in 2012 to 19 in 2013...