: an infectious respiratory disease especially of children caused by a bacterium (Bordetella pertussis) and marked by a convulsive spasmodic cough sometimes followed by a crowing intake of breath
called also pertussis
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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
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo admitted over the weekend that the department did not engage in any projections or data analysis of what removing vaccine mandates could mean for future disease outbreaks, such as measles, polio or whooping cough.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
And the children with exemptions themselves were about 22 times more likely to acquire measles and about 6 times more likely to acquire whooping cough than vaccinated children.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Tapper noted that removing requirements for childhood vaccines could see a rise in cases of diseases such as Hepatitis A, whooping cough, and chickenpox, which have all risen in Florida over the past year.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo admitted over the weekend that the department did not engage in any projections or data analysis of what removing vaccine mandates could mean for future disease outbreaks, such as measles, polio or whooping cough.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
And the children with exemptions themselves were about 22 times more likely to acquire measles and about 6 times more likely to acquire whooping cough than vaccinated children.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Tapper noted that removing requirements for childhood vaccines could see a rise in cases of diseases such as Hepatitis A, whooping cough, and chickenpox, which have all risen in Florida over the past year.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Whooping cough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whooping%20cough. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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