Children and young people that are fully vaccinated against whooping cough (pertussis) are almost 70% less likely to be hospitalised with the disease, a new study has suggested. The study, published in in the Eurosurveillance medical journal this month, examined the impact of vaccination on pertussis-related hospital admissions in children in Scotland between January 2013... Read more The post Whooping cough vaccine cut child hospitalisations ‘by nearly 70%’ appeared first on Nursing in P...| Nursing in Practice
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