Like the United States States are struggling with an increase in cases of measles and epidemics in several states, another disease practiced vaccination is quietly spread throughout the country.
This year there was at least 7,599 cases of darlingAlso known as a darling, against 3,473 cases at that time last year, according to the latest count of the centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With a record number of parents who are looking for exemptions from vaccinations for their children and lower infant vaccination rates, no more blasts of measles, darling and other diseases are not only likely, they are inevitable.
“When the vaccination rates drop, the first disease you will see is measles because it is so contagious, but others will follow,” explains Ari Brown, pediatrician in Texas, the epicenter of the current measles epidemic and a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “It's an annoying trend.”
Last year there was 285 cases of measles For all 2024. This year, cases have already reached more than 700 and two children died of the disease. Children are also dying of darling. In Louisiana, two infants died of the disease in the last six months – the first death of the state against the disease since 2018 – according to a recent declaration by the general surgeon of the State. In January, the Southern Dakota Ministry of Health announced that a child deceased due to a co-infection of flu and darling. And in February, a local Washington health service confirmed that a child from the county of Spokane under 5 years old downside—The first of the state since 2011.
A type of bacterial infection, whooping, spreads through respiratory droplets when an infected person discovers or sneezes. It causes pseudo-grippal symptoms and quick and fast cough. It is known for the characteristic sound “Whoop” when someone inspires after a cough cut. The disease is particularly dangerous for babies because it can interfere with their breathing.
At the national level, there were 35,435 cases of darling in 2024, against 7,063 in 2023, according to a Provisional surveillance report of the CDC. The cases struck a bottom of 2,116 in 2021 Due to social distancing during the Pandemic COVID-19 and was still on the rebound in 2023. However, the figures of 2024 exceeded 18,617 cases observed in 2019 and 15,609 cases in 2018.
The disease can cause serious complications, including pneumonia, convulsions, brain damage and death. Infants and young children are particularly at risk. About a third of infants under six months old who fell with a darling in 2024 required hospitalization.
“The node of the disease is that it is caused by this particular bacteria, Bordetella PertssisWho creates a toxin, and that the toxin can be very damaging for our lungs, ”explains Amy Edwards, associate teacher of pediatrics at the Western box Reserve University School of Medicine.
Vaccination is the best way to protect from infection and serious illnesses. Diphtheria, tetanus and darling, or DTAP, the vaccine is administered in five doses of early childhood and early childhood. Immunity against vaccination and final natural infection finally, and a recall is recommended at the age of 11 or 12 years and every 10 years later, including for adults. The CDC advises the speakers to get a booster during each pregnancy.
