A young boy (18 months) with a nasty cough, trying to catch his breath. Pertussis, also know as whooping cough, has surged this year, particularly during the back-to-school period, as my colleague ...

Jul. 30—Clinics to administer vaccinations for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis will open in Colusa in August. The Colusa County Department of Health and Human Services will deliver immunizations ...

Among infants of women who received the Tdap pertussis booster vaccine during pregnancy, the risk of contracting pertussis was reduced by an estimated 91 percent during the first two months of life - ...

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Portrait of young happy pregnant woman standing by the window Effectiveness in preventing pertussis among infants younger than 2 months of age when administered during the third trimester of pregnancy ...

A dose of Tdap or DTaP administered between 7 and 9 years of age should not be counted as the adolescent dose, and a Tdap booster dose should be administered at 11 to 12 years of age. The DTaP note ...