Whooping cough risks, symptoms and vaccine

Health officials are urging people to get the vaccination because everyone is vulnerable to infection. Whooping cough is a respiratory infection caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacterium. An airborne disease that can also be spread through direct contact, it infects infants when someone with the disease breathes on them or coughs or sneezes in close proximity to them.

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