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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on July 20, 2012 at 2:25pm

I've heard Whooping Cough is on the rise and it's contagious too.

Permalink Reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on October 24, 2012 at 2:20pm

Pregnant women are urged to get whooping cough vaccination in the last three months of pregnancy, so their newborn gets some protection too.

Panel: Pregnant women, get whooping cough shot

An expert panel is urging every expecting mother to get a shot preventing whooping cough, preferably in the last three months of her pregnancy to help protect her baby.

The advice follows a frightening resurgence of the dreaded childhood disease. More than 32,000 cases, including 16 deaths, have been reported so far this year, and 2012 is on track to be the nation’s worst year for whooping cough since 1959.

image from Pregnancy jab for whooping cough which advises

Youngsters cannot receive the jab until they are two months old. Vaccinating their mothers before they are born will boost their immunity until they reach the age they can get the injection themselves... [emphasis mine]