Pertussis, more commonly referred to as the whooping cough, can be a very deadly disease if contracted during infancy. In fact, the whooping cough has been known to cause death and permanent disability in children. During the 20th century it was discovered that pertussis was actually the cause for a large number of infant deaths […]
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Whooping cough and kids
Whooping cough is medically known as Pertussis and can be deadly in infants and also cause permanent disabilities. In the 1900s many children and infants died because of the disease, but a vaccine was introduced in the 1970s and the number of deaths declined greatly. Recent studies show a reappearance of the disease in adults […]