New antibody research sparks hope for better whooping cough vaccines

New antibody research sparks hope for better whooping cough vaccines

Source: News-Medical

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, was once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s. In the decades since, the bacterial disease was nearly eradicated in the U.S., with fatalities fa… [6650 chars]

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