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Kentucky has reported three infant deaths from pertussis in 2025, after having none since 2018.
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Dec. 2025
The combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, known as the DTP vaccine, emerged in 1948, and the Salk polio vaccine arrived in 1955, but recommendations for when and how to give them varied by state, by physician and even by neighborhood.
—Jake Scott, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The whole-cell pertussis vaccine used in the 1980s alone contained roughly 3,000 antigens.
—Jake Scott, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Nashville doctors are growing increasingly concerned as pertussis, or whooping cough, surges nationwide, with recent infant deaths in Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Dec. 2025
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Dec. 2025
The combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, known as the DTP vaccine, emerged in 1948, and the Salk polio vaccine arrived in 1955, but recommendations for when and how to give them varied by state, by physician and even by neighborhood.
—Jake Scott, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The whole-cell pertussis vaccine used in the 1980s alone contained roughly 3,000 antigens.
—Jake Scott, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Nashville doctors are growing increasingly concerned as pertussis, or whooping cough, surges nationwide, with recent infant deaths in Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana.
—Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Pertussis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pertussis. Accessed 26 Dec. 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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