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'No change' to whooping cough vaccine
'No change' to whooping cough vaccine
Australia's chief medical officer has moved to quell fears the whooping cough vaccine for school children is being scrapped, insisting a review is normal practice.The federal health department says advice is being sought on the effectiveness of the whooping cough booster currently given in the first year of high school, which has sparked concern the government plans to scrap it.Professor Brendan Murphy insists no decision has been made.
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AHS offers free whooping cough vaccine to those most at risk
AHS offers free whooping cough vaccine to those most at risk
Alberta Health Services is taking an unusual step to battle a persistently high number of whooping cough cases in the Red Deer region.They're offering free pertussis vaccinations to pregnant women in their 3rd trimester who live in the central zone.AHS says it's an important step in protecting infants from the illness because they are most at risk of severe complications.
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Year 7 whooping cough vaccine booster dose faces axe
Year 7 whooping cough vaccine booster dose faces axe
VideoImage Gold Coast mum passes whooping cough onto newborn, urges mothers to get vaccinated 2:52 A Gold Coast mother who refused a whooping cough vaccine and passed the virus onto her newborn daughter has urged mothers to get vaccinated.Courtesy: Gold Coast HealthSue Dunlevy News Corp Australia NetworkTHE Turnbull Government is preparing to dump the booster dose of the whooping cough vaccine given to children in the first year of high school as rates of the disease nearly double.Also it has announced it will ditch the proposed $26 million school vaccination register that would have helped control disease outbreaks.
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