US EditionThe US Has Seen Nearly 28,000 Whooping Cough Cases This Year. Here’s What You Need to Know
Declining vaccination rates and misinformation campaigns coincide with a surge of over 25,000 pertussis cases and multiple infant deaths this year, experts warn.
- Last month, Dr. Ralph Abraham was appointed to a senior CDC leadership role and will serve as the agency’s highest-ranking scientist, while as of late November more than 25,000 pertussis cases, including three infant deaths, have been reported.
- HHS Secretary removed all 17 ACIP members and installed allies, prompting resignations and vaccine policy shifts amid politicized leadership.
- Kindergarten vaccination coverage fell to just over 92 percent, down from 95 percent in 2017, amid broader declines while Children’s Health Defense spread false claims about whooping cough and ACIP reversed a 30-year hepatitis B policy last week.
- Louisiana health officials delayed warnings while two infants died and banned mass vaccination campaigns, hampering outbreak response amid infants too young to be vaccinated.
- FDA proposals would require longer, larger trials, potentially impeding timely vaccine updates and disrupting annual flu vaccine processes, experts warn this could make vaccines for pregnant women infeasible and threaten protections for high-risk Americans.
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