More pregnant women getting whooping cough vaccine quoting : Reuters

"Better education of pregnant women and their providers would be very helpful in increasing maternal Tdap vaccination," Maldonado added. The CDC first recommended this vaccine for all pregnant women in 2013. "The best way to protect babies from whooping cough is to get a Tdap vaccine during the third trimester of each pregnancy," Black said by email. The bacterium Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, which gets its nickname from the sounds patients make as they gasp for air during intense coughing fits. Roughly 13 percent of women who didn't get the vaccine said they were concerned that it was unsafe for their baby, and another 5 percent of women were worried the vaccine might be unsafe for them.

UK researchers helping to create new whooping cough vaccine

UK researchers helping to create new whooping cough vaccine BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A new vaccine is being developed against whooping cough, which causes 200,000 preventable deaths in children around the world each year. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/uk-researchers-helping-to-create-new-whooping-cough-vaccine-35828535.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article35828532.ece/33e98/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_4ece578e-f6c2-42c7-809a-519afdbdee20_1EmailA new vaccine is being developed against whooping cough, which causes 200,000 preventable deaths in children around the world each year. Professor Robert Read, director of the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, is leading the £2.3 million study to improve the vaccine testing and development. Researchers in Southampton are leading the UK arm of a Europe-wide study to create a replacement for the current vaccine, which does not offer lifelong protection and has become less effective over time. Prof Read said: "This study is part of a landmark European project that aims to develop a better vaccine against whooping cough as we know protection by the current vaccine seems to be much less effective than it was 15 years ago.


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