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Tennessee, for example, requires hospitals to provide parents of newborns with information about pertussis, or whooping cough, and about the availability of a vaccine for pertussis, using information that’s in line with ACIP recommendations.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
The school requires students in seventh grade and above to get their Tdap booster, which provides elevated immunity against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, or whooping cough.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Mason said pertussis is especially dangerous to babies too young to receive the vaccine.
—Jackie Fortiér, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
That number is often measured as children who are missing their first dose of the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 24 June 2025
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
The school requires students in seventh grade and above to get their Tdap booster, which provides elevated immunity against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, or whooping cough.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Mason said pertussis is especially dangerous to babies too young to receive the vaccine.
—Jackie Fortiér, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
That number is often measured as children who are missing their first dose of the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 24 June 2025
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“Pertussis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pertussis. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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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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