Whooping cough is much more prevalent in Ontario than what is reported to public health officials, according to new study that reinforces the importance of being vaccinated against this highly contagious disease. Researchers at Public Health Ontario and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences estimate the total number of whooping cough cases among infants is about three times higher — and about eight times higher for those older than the age of one. “I wouldn’t have guessed that (under-reporting of whooping cough) was on this kind of scale.... But the data didn’t paint a complete picture and many cases of whooping cough were missing. There are various reasons why whooping cough is under-reported.

Source: thestar May 02, 2018 22:41 UTC