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Whooping cough vaccine for pregnant women

“Pregnant women are to be given the whooping cough vaccine for the first time following the biggest outbreak of the disease for 20 years and the deaths of 10 babies”, The Daily Telegraph reports. All pregnant women are to be offered vaccination against whooping cough when they are 28-38 weeks pregnant, the government has announced. [...]

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Five babies die from whooping cough

The Health Protection Agency has urged parents to ensure they get their babies vaccinated against whooping cough after five deaths from the condition. In what is thought to be the biggest outbreak in two decades, 1,781 adults and children have had the illness, according to HPA figures, compared to 2010 when there were just 137 [...]

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Whooping cough cases increase

Cases highlight importance of vaccine uptake and awareness of signs and symptoms Cases of whooping cough reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in England and Wales have more than doubled from 421 cases in 2010 to 1040* in 2011. Increases in levels of whooping cough are seen every three to four years and figures [...]

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