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CDC Online NewsroomUnited States28 September 2017

New study shows Tdap vaccination during pregnancy can prevent whooping cough in babies - Press Release

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A new CDC study published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases reported that vaccination with whooping cough vaccine, Tdap, during the third trimester of pregnancy prevented more than three out of four (78 percent) cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis) in babies younger than two months.
— CDC Online Newsroom

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