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Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories

31. ABQjournal: Doctors Wait on Edge of Ruin; Katrina Health Concerns Growing

... shot history and, "If you can't establish that a child has been vaccinated, then vaccinate. We can't take chances."     Diseases such as measles and whooping cough could rapidly spread in the cramped quarters, thousands of flood victims are now sharing.     So far, there have been relatively few cases ...
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32. ABQjournal: Doctors Wait on Edge of Ruin; Katrina Health Concerns Growing

... shot history and, "If you can't establish that a child has been vaccinated, then vaccinate. We can't take chances."     Diseases such as measles and whooping cough could rapidly spread in the cramped quarters, thousands of flood victims are now sharing.     So far, there have been relatively few cases ...
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33. ABQjournal: Doctors Wait on Edge of Ruin; Katrina Health Concerns Growing

... shot history and, "If you can't establish that a child has been vaccinated, then vaccinate. We can't take chances."     Diseases such as measles and whooping cough could rapidly spread in the cramped quarters, thousands of flood victims are now sharing.     So far, there have been relatively few cases ...
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34. ABQjournal: Parents Should Know Vaccines Still Work

... the excuse for the rest?     Vaccines are among the most cost-effective public health tools for preventing serious diseases. Polio, measles, mumps, whooping cough, diphtheria and rubella are nearly extinct in America as a result.     But today Americans see few reminders of the suffering, disabilities ...
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35. ABQjournal: Around New Mexico

... .     The funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will go toward purchasing vaccines used in the fight against measles, polio, whooping cough, hepatitis B, influenza and other illnesses.     "Many of the diseases that affect children in New Mexico could be easily prevented with ...
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36. ABQjournal: Year's First Whooping Cough Death Reported

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Year's First Whooping Cough Death Reported By Jackie Jadrnak Journal Staff Writer     A Bernalillo County infant has died of whooping cough, the first death reported in the state from that disease this year, according to the Department of Health.     Two other infants from Sandoval ...
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37. ABQJOURNAL: Bernalillo County Infant Dies of Whooping Cough

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 Bernalillo County Infant Dies of Whooping Cough Associated Press       A Bernalillo County infant who was too young to be vaccinated has died of whooping cough.        The state Health Department announced the death Tuesday, but gave no details other than to say the death came ...
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38. ABQjournal: Children Should Be Safe From Mom's Shingles

... .     Pertussis risk     Speaking of vaccines, we've recently had an unnecessary event where I work.     We hospitalized a 16-month-old child for whooping cough, a disease that should have been prevented by immunization. For two weeks, he has been coughing until he vomits or turns blue around his mouth ...
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39. ABQjournal: Keeping Germs to Yourself

... of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in Asia last year, but it could be useful in stemming a more common threat right out your back door: Whooping cough.     "Whooping cough is spread largely by the hands," said Dr. Randy Knott, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of New Mexico ...
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40. ABQjournal: Spreading Word on Immunizations

... with a meeting of the New Mexico Immunization Coalition in observance of Childhood Immunization Awareness Month.     Joseph died of pertussis, or whooping cough. That disease can be prevented by vaccination, but Joseph was too young to have his shots. He had been scheduled for his first round of shots ...
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