A Pasadena resident has tested positive for the Raine cough, a highly contagious respiratory disease that can be lethal in babies, after visiting the Kids space museum last week, authorities said.
The Pasadena Department of Public Health announced that the infection in Thorsday since the cases of the Raine cough continue to increase in the United States. There are more than 8,470 cases reported nationwide in 2025, which is approximately twice the cases reported in the same period last year, according to the data of the US centers for the control and prevention of diseases.
Health officials warned anyone who visited the space for children from 1:30 pm to 5 pm on April 25 to monitor their home, and species to children, for symptoms as a nose that caresses each other, a low -degree fever and difficulty obtaining.
Anyone who feels ill after visiting the duration of the museum This window is urged to visit your medical care provider and avoid contact with babies and pregnant women. Infections can be confirmed with a nasal swab.
High -risk people, such as babies under 1 and pregnant women, may need preventive antibiotics, even if they do not show symptoms, health officials said.
Pending cough is caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella pertussis board, which attacks the upper respiratory system and can make the airways swell, according to the CDC.
The symptoms usually begin between five days to three weeks after the exhibition with a mild cold and fever of less than 100.4 degrees. In severe cases, the symptoms will progress to coughing adjustments that cause savings or female sounds and vomiting. It is possible that babies do not show the revealing cough, but turn blue, red or gag due to the difficulty of breathing.
California Racing cough cases were quadrupled last year, from 644 in 2023 to 2,753 in 2024, cordination to the State Health Department. In the last six months, two babies in Louisiana and a 5 -year -old boy in Washington have died from the disease.
There are vaccines for whine cough. As an early 2 -month -old axis, babies get the first in a series of DTAP shots, which also protects against diphtheria and tetanus. The vaccine is administered again 4 months, 6 months and then again 15 to 18 months and when the child is between 4 and 6 years.
The vaccine series is part of the immunization requirements in the school in the 50 states, and a reinforcement shot for pregnant women is recommended.
Experts attribute the increase in infections to the decrease in vaccination rates. Last year, the proportion of children with exemptions to vaccines against school entrance throughout the country reached a historical maximum of 3.3%, according to the CDC.
“Unfortunately, the anti -vacuna feeling in the United States has increased,” Dr. Ir. Ericka Hayes, who works at the Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, told Associated Press. “Our recovery is not as fast as we expected and we needed it to be. And again, when 95% falls due to vaccines, it loses that protection against flock immunity.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
