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There are vaccines available that prevent pertussis (whopping cough), RSV, and varicella (chickenpox).
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Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
This is one reason why the number of pertussis cases went down.
—Dr. Shreya Doshi, Boston Herald, 8 Dec. 2024
Across the state, cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are up more than 20 times year over year, according to data from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
The pace accelerated when pertussis vaccine was combined with diphtheria toxoid and tetanus toxoid to create the DPT (diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis) vaccine in 1948.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
This is one reason why the number of pertussis cases went down.
—Dr. Shreya Doshi, Boston Herald, 8 Dec. 2024
Across the state, cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, are up more than 20 times year over year, according to data from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
The pace accelerated when pertussis vaccine was combined with diphtheria toxoid and tetanus toxoid to create the DPT (diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis) vaccine in 1948.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Pertussis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pertussis. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs 
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs
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