http://www.skeptics.com.au Investigating pseudo-science and the paranormal from a responsible scientific viewpoint Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:26:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/tragedy-as-another-child-dies-from-whooping-cough/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/tragedy-as-another-child-dies-from-whooping-cough/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:09:24 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=3414 Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg(/var/www/vhosts/skeptics.com.au/httpdocs/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5000664690_e91313c6d1.jpg) [function.imagecreatefromjpeg]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/skeptics.com.au/httpdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/jb-thumbnail-for-excerpts/thumbnailforexcerpts.php on line 132

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Tragedy in Adelaide this week as a 5 week old boy died from pertussis. South Australia is currently in the grip of a pertussis epidemic, with a 65% increase in the number of notifications for the period January 1 to June 15 2010, compared to 2009. This is first death from pertussis since 2001. Tragically, [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/tragedy-as-another-child-dies-from-whooping-cough/feed/ 0