{"id":1688,"date":"2015-10-29T19:51:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T23:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2019-04-19T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T23:54:13","slug":"three-confirmed-cases-of-whooping-cough-in-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/10\/29\/three-confirmed-cases-of-whooping-cough-in-louisville\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Confirmed Cases Of Whooping Cough In Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vaccine<\/a>
\nParents are urged to have infants vaccinated for the whooping cough or pertussis on schedule.
\nThree cases of whooping cough have been reported in infants under 6 months old in the past couple of weeks in the Louisville area. Health officials call this very unusual.<\/p>\n

Dr. Sarah Moyer, Interim Director of Louisville Metro Health and Wellness, said it’s dangerous in infants, especially under a year old. About 50 percent of them can end up in the intensive care unit of the hospital.<\/p>\n

Moyer says staying on schedule is crucial because the vaccine has changed.<\/p>\n

Babies should get the DTaP vaccine at 2, 4 and 6 months. Boosters come at ages 15 to 18 months, and again at 4 to 6 years old.<\/p>\n

All parents, family members or caretakers of children should also get a Tdap vaccine, the one for adolescents or adults, because it can wear off over time.
\nIt is also recommended for all pregnant women in their last trimester of pregnancy get a booster of the pertussis, and that’s in every pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Moyer says there has been an increase in the number of whooping cough cases in school-aged children, so parents should stay up to date on boosters and teachers need to get the shot as well.<\/p>\n

Jefferson County has had 22 cases of pertussis this year, far ahead of the surrounding counties, which only have a few each. Spencer County, by comparison, has had none.
\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parents are urged to have infants vaccinated for the whooping cough or pertussis on schedule. Three cases of whooping cough have been reported in infants under 6 months old in the past couple of weeks in the Louisville area. Health officials call this very unusual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"category-news","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-re","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 15:21:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1690,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions\/1690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}