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Selected vaccine myths versus evidence

Download Infographic Overview Whole-cell Pertussis & Brain Damage: No causal link exists; earlier associations were actually coincidental onsets of inherited conditions like Dravet syndrome. Measles/MMR &...

9 March, 2026
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Global Health Cast Edition 47

Forty-seventh Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. Download the PDF here 🔒 Premium Content - For FreeUnlock this content by becoming a Global Health Press subscriber. Join for...

30 August, 2023
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Why you need a whooping cough vaccine

How to protect yourself and those around you—especially infants—from this highly contagious disease Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, was close to eradication in the 1970s, thanks to the whooping cough vaccine...

10 November, 2016
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Whooping cough vaccine efficacy under study
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Whooping cough vaccine efficacy under study

Scientists and public health officials are studying a Vermont whooping cough epidemic to determine if the current vaccine is less effective against a new strain sweeping the country. The Centers for Disease Control and...

29 July, 2014
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Vaccine refusal tied to pertussis outbreak
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Vaccine refusal tied to pertussis outbreak

Refusal to vaccinate children against whooping cough might have played a role in the 2010 pertussis outbreak in California, researchers reported. Analysis of the outbreak — the largest in the state since 1947...

8 October, 2013
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