that Louisiana is amidst the worst whooping cough outbreak in 35 years, citing the death of two babies from the contagious illness and CDC data reporting 368 total cases. He wants Kennedy to support the whooping cough vaccine as he did for Texas’s measles outbreak.
“I want to work together to stop pertussis. Your strong public support for this vaccine will save lives,” Cassidy said. “Families responded to your decisive leadership when you clearly promoted the MMR vaccine to stop the outbreak in West Texas. They would respond again to your call that the DTaP vaccine is the best way to protect our babies.”
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According to Cassidy, 75% who were hospitalized in Louisiana were unvaccinated or weren’t up to date on their vaccinations.
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry makes remarks aimed at Sen. Bill Cassidy after the senator suggests that the Louisiana surgeon general write a generic COVID vaccine prescription. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced limitations on who is eligible for COVID-19 vaccines.…
(Louisiana Illuminator) -- When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That’s standard practice, public health and infectious disease experts told NPR and KFF Health News. The goal is to keep as…
As the State of Arkansas has hit its highest number of whooping cough cases in 15 years, a local health official tells us about the illness and what to do if you get it.The Arkansas Health Department announced Tuesday the state has reported more than 500 cases of Pertussis, commonly…