The Tdap vaccine provides essential protection against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, playing a critical role in ...

Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection. By Teddy Rosenbluth After a brief lull during the pandemic, whooping cough has ...

Kennedy’s decision to replace ACIP wholesale and the comments he has made about deviating from standard vaccine policymaking ...

Data=KCDC Last year, the number of legal infectious diseases increased by 54.5% compared to the previous year. The whooping ...

The vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and poliomyelitis is given as a four-component vaccine (vaccines against four diseases given at the same time so the child only needs one injection ...

Michigan has reported 497 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. According to a June 5 news release from the ...

These birds carry a toxin deadlier than cyanide New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific ...

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, in 2024 surpassed totals seen in recent years and marked the highest case count since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The authors thank Marie-Jose Quentin-Millet and Sanofi Pasteur for the provision of purified pertussis toxin. Infant Pertussis Study Group: Isabelle Poilane, MD (Hopital Jean Verdier, Bondy ...

The FDA has approved use of GlaxoSmithKline’s Boostrix (Tdap) vaccine for use during the third trimester of pregnancy, for prevention of pertussis (whooping cough) in infants younger than two ...

Table 1. Pertussis vaccine efficacy trials. Study (year) Study design Vaccine(s) Absolute vaccine efficacy % (95% CI) Antigens Whole-cell vaccine ...