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Florida’s state legislature needs to get involved to make other mandatory school vaccines optional,including those that protect against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, measles, mumps and rubella.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
These include the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, polio vaccine, and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
—ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
In the Sunshine State, school districts, similarly to others around the country, require vaccinations for measles, rubella, pertussis, polio, diphtheria and other diseases.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
Studies show that vaccination rates have fallen in 45 states that have allowed religious and personal exemptions, allowing vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and pertussis to resurge.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
These include the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, polio vaccine, and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
—ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
In the Sunshine State, school districts, similarly to others around the country, require vaccinations for measles, rubella, pertussis, polio, diphtheria and other diseases.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
Studies show that vaccination rates have fallen in 45 states that have allowed religious and personal exemptions, allowing vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and pertussis to resurge.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Pertussis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pertussis. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs 
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs
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