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This is an age group that may be particularly vulnerable if they haven’t received a whooping cough booster since childhood. The state has logged 111 whooping cough cases this year so far, compared with just 11 in 2023. Last weekend, Portland State University canceled a football game following a surge in whooping cough cases among players. The whooping cough can spread that bacteria through their coughs for a long time if not treated. “Those babies are coughing so much they can’t eat, they can’t drink, so they end up in the intensive care unit.”When to get whooping cough vaccines and boostersPregnant women are encouraged to get a whooping cough booster during their third trimester.

Persons: ”, Tina Tan, That’s, Doctors, there’s, Jim Conway, We’ve, they’re, ” Tan, ” Conway, “, Andrew Carlson, Andi Shane, Karen Ravin, —, ” Shane Organizations: Infectious Diseases Society of America, Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, CDC, UW Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Connecticut, Duke University School of Medicine, Children’s National Hospital, Washington , D.C, NBC News, Children’s Healthcare, Portland State University Locations: Madison , Wisconsin, Connecticut, Hartford, North Carolina, Washington ,, Georgia, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware

☆ Australia and US unveil undersea drones Ghost Shark and Manta Ray
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —Ghost Shark and Manta Ray protect the undersea realm. Ghost Shark and Manta Ray are the names of prototype uncrewed underwater vehicles – UUVs or drones – introduced recently by Australia and the United States respectively. But when Australia unveiled Ghost Shark last month, it called the prototypes “the most advanced undersea autonomous vehicles in the world.”The first Ghost Shark prototype, "Alpha," was co-developed by the Defence Science and Technology Group, Navy and Anduril Australia. Like the Orca, the Manta Ray hasn’t come together as quickly as Ghost Shark. Its program began in 2020 and DARPA didn’t give a goal for the Manta Ray – or some variant of it – to join the US fleet.

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☆ Australia: Tourists fined for dingo selfies as rangers warn of rising wild dog attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Two tourists who snapped selfies with dingoes have been fined more than $1,500 each for taking the “extremely dangerous decision” to interact with the native wild dogs following a recent spate of ferocious attacks, Australian authorities said. An image provided by the department showed an unnamed New South Wales woman, 29, laying down next to a pack of sleeping dingo pups. The other tourist, a 25-year-old Queensland woman, appeared in a selfie video posted to social media that showed her with a growling dingo, “which was clearly exhibiting dominance-testing behaviour,” he said. The dingo in this tourist's video clearly showed dominance-testing behaviour, authorities said. It had also been involved in recent biting incidents that led to the hospitalization of a 6-year-old girl, the department said.

Persons: Mike Devery, ” Devery, ”, Tourists Shane, Sarah Moffat, ” Shane Moffat Organizations: CNN, Queensland Department of Environment, Queensland Gov, Department of Environment, Science, Tourists, Nine, Nine News Locations: K’gari, Fraser, New South Wales, Queensland

☆ Shane Co. will pay you $1,500 to go on 15 first dates
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Emmy Abbassi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Shane Co. is offering to pay one reluctant romantic $1,500 to go on 15 first dates and document it for the jewelry company. For safety purposes, Shane Co. suggests first dates should be held in public places with buddy systems and backup plans to prepare for any situation. The winner will be announced on February 27 and have five months to complete the dates. “Shane Co. is in the love business,” said Strickland. “We love love and are happy to provide a fun way for people to go on dates and maybe even find their person.”

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