... have never been confronted by measles, or polio or tetanus. They have not stayed awake for days on end with a baby struggling to breathe with whoopingcough. We are fortunate that vaccines have changed the landscape of disease in our children, keeping them healthy and safe from devastating diseases ... full story 04/06/08
... Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil said Thursday it's important for children to be immunized against serious and sometimes fatal diseases, such as whoopingcough and measles. "The benefits of vaccines hugely outweigh any theoretical risk," he said in a statement. Vigil's comments were in response ... full story 03/07/08
... Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil said Thursday it's important for children to be immunized against serious and sometimes fatal diseases, such as whoopingcough and measles. "The benefits of vaccines hugely outweigh any theoretical risk,'' he said in a statement. Vigil's comments ... full story 03/06/08
... ." With sparkling blue eyes and a ready smile, Schappet is the quintessential proponent of positive thinking. Debilitated with damaged lungs by whoopingcough at age 5, his family was told by doctors not to expect him to live past age 26. "I was home sick as much as in school," Schappet says ... full story 09/12/07
... of not protecting your children against diseases that are still circulating across the world is much scarier. Every year we investigate cases of whoopingcough, and almost every year infants in New Mexico die from the preventable disease. We will continue our work with the New Mexico Immunization ... full story 08/30/07
... shot for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, under new state rules. The key intent of the new rule is to curb the incidence of pertussis, or whoopingcough, which is especially dangerous to infant children, said Anna Pentler, executive director of the New Mexico Immunization Coalition. The incidence ... full story 08/07/07
... . Diphtheria, which causes a thick covering in the back of the throat, can lead to breathing problems, paralysis and death. Pertussis, also known as whoopingcough, causes severe coughing spells. It can lead to pneumonia and hospitalization from complications. People who don't have a health provider ... full story 06/28/07
... . Diphtheria, which causes a thick covering in the back of the throat, can lead to breathing problems, paralysis and death. Pertussis, also known as whoopingcough, causes severe coughing spells. It can lead to pneumonia and hospitalization from complications. People who don't have a health provider ... full story 06/27/07
... . But the alternative, no protection against preventable, life-threatening diseases, is unthinkable." Nickolas, a Georgia toddler, developed whoopingcough after his parents, responding to media concerns about the vaccine, refused the shot. He lived, but, as his father said, "If you were able to ... full story 05/02/07
... his or her family. More on coughs Four weeks ago I wrote a column discussing things we should think about when a child comes to us with a cough of long duration. It's terrible that I should have forgotten to mention whoopingcough! Physicians often fail to think about it. If we miss this vaccine ... full story 12/10/06
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