Removing egg from nest may help save endangered whooping crane
Removing an egg from the endangered whooping crane's nest increases the species chances of survival despite governmental concerns about tampering with nature, says a University of Alberta scientist. Dr. Mark Boyce, from the Faculty of Science, studied the policy of removing from Wood Buffalo National Park one of two whooping crane eggs laid and raising it in a "foster-parenting" program....Rising Rates of Whooping Cough in Idaho
This year patients with whooping cough/Pertussis have tripled in Idaho (central) and health officials are advising people to get themselves revaccinated against infectious respiratory disease. 72 cases have been // reported totally by central district health department so far in Ada (55 cases), Boise, Elmore (17) and Valley counties in southwest Idaho. Statistics shows that the numbers of case...High Incidence of Whooping cough
Toronto: Health officials have flashed a warning to be on guard for symptoms of whooping cough as the number of cases reported spreads through Toronto. Since November, nearly 167 live cases of pertussis have// been recorded at the city's public health department, called as a whooping cough with under 4 children amongst 80% of the cases. Though children are vaccinated against the...Whooping Cough claims 77 lives
77 people belonging to two provinces of Papua New Guinea have died due to a whooping cough epidemic. PNG Health Minister Sir Peter Barter//, who is also the regions MP, confirmed that 17 children belonging to the Madang Province have died due to this outbreak. The Madang provincial health office has swung into action and has put in place a response committee that can access the affecte...Researchers Warn That Whooping Cough Is Still Very Prevalent
Researchers from the University of Oxford have claimed that their study that involved 172 children, has showed, whooping cough to still be very widespread among young children//. Bordatella Pertussis, a bacterium causes whooping cough, which is also known as ‘Pertussis’. This bacterial infection was once a serious killer with reports of almost 100,000 cases a year, before the vaccine...Outbreaks of Whooping Cough Contributed by Vaccine Exemptions
Outbreaks of whooping cough may be contributed by state laws which allow parents to exempt their child from vaccine due to personal beliefs according to researchers reported// Tuesday. Investigators found higher rates of whooping cough in such states to the tune of around 50 percent higher than in states which only allowed exemptions for medical reasons and religious beliefs. The resea...