Five Yanomami infants in Brazil die amid whooping cough outbreak

Five Yanomami infants in Brazil die amid whooping cough outbreak

Five Indigenous Yanomami infants have reportedly died from a preventable respiratory illness called pertussis, or whooping cough. The outbreak began Jan. 7 in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in Roraima state in northern Brazil. A representative of the Urihi Yanomami Association (UYA) told Mongabay that health authorities have been slow to respond.   Three of the […]

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