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That also applies to the current outbreak of whooping cough (or pertussis), of which 10,082 cases were reported by the end of May, killing five infants.
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Other vaccine-preventable diseases were on the rise in Arizona and elsewhere, too, among them whooping cough, also known as pertussis.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
And some vaccines are combination shots, knocking out three or four diseases with one injection, such as the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine or the Diphtheria, tetanus, & acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Vaccine mandates expanded by the middle of the 20th century to include vaccines for many dangerous childhood diseases, such as polio, measles, rubella and pertussis.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Other vaccine-preventable diseases were on the rise in Arizona and elsewhere, too, among them whooping cough, also known as pertussis.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
And some vaccines are combination shots, knocking out three or four diseases with one injection, such as the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine or the Diphtheria, tetanus, & acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Vaccine mandates expanded by the middle of the 20th century to include vaccines for many dangerous childhood diseases, such as polio, measles, rubella and pertussis.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Pertussis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pertussis. Accessed 1 Oct. 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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