Sentences with phrase «vaccinated against whooping cough»

Between week 27 and week 36, your partner will get vaccinated against whooping cough (pertussis).

Because babies can not be vaccinated against whooping cough (also called pertussis) until they are two months old, it's important that you pass the antibodies to your baby before birth by getting the Tdap yourself.

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Outbreaks of whooping cough, or pertussis, have occurred across the U.S. in recent years, especially where clusters of children have not been vaccinated against the disease.

Better protection against whooping cough comes from vaccinating a mother during pregnancy, scientists say.

Childhood Vaccines • In San Francisco's Bay Area schools at least 40 % of kids are not vaccinated, leaving them unprotected against whooping cough, measles and other preventable disease — part of a nationwide trend toward parents withholding vaccinations.

Legal loopholes Each US state sets its own vaccination policies, and most will not generally allow children to attend public school unless they have been vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough); hepatitis B; the Haemophilus influenzae bacterium; measles, mumps and rubella; polio; and varicella (chicken pox).