by Carla Conrad | Apr 26, 2017 | The Lungs
It’s National Infant Immunization Week, which serves as a good reminder for parents and all adults to check with their doctors to make sure that their pertussis vaccination, as well as all recommended immunizations, are up to date. Pertussis, a highly contagious...
by Carla Conrad | Jun 4, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, The Lungs
The following blog post is a guest blog post by Virginia Allison, DNP, CRNPAt a local Pittsburgh High School, we currently have an outbreak of pertussis cases confirmed by laboratory testing. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a bacterial infection of the...