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The vaccine protects against diphtheria, hepatitis B, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae type B and polio.
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Fran Kritz, NPR, 30 Dec. 2025
According to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services, kindergarten vaccination rates against pertussis were estimated to have dropped from almost 94% in the 2023–24 school year to less than 90% in 2024–25 in Dallas.
—Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Whooping cough is caused by a bacteria called Bordetella pertussis and spreads through droplets in the air when infected people cough and sneeze.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Nashville doctors are growing increasingly concerned as pertussis, or whooping cough, surges nationwide, with recent infant deaths in Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Dec. 2025
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Fran Kritz, NPR, 30 Dec. 2025
According to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services, kindergarten vaccination rates against pertussis were estimated to have dropped from almost 94% in the 2023–24 school year to less than 90% in 2024–25 in Dallas.
—Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Whooping cough is caused by a bacteria called Bordetella pertussis and spreads through droplets in the air when infected people cough and sneeze.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Nashville doctors are growing increasingly concerned as pertussis, or whooping cough, surges nationwide, with recent infant deaths in Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Pertussis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pertussis. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs 
Medical Definition
pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs
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