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| Surround Your Baby with Protection |
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| Video from the Texas Department of State Health Services explains the importance of vaccination against pertussis for the close contacts of infants.
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| Shot by Shot: Pertussis Videos |
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| Shot by Shot: Stories of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases project is a collection of stories from people who have been touched by vaccine-preventable diseases. |
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| Tdap: Now for Pregnant Women and 65 Plus |
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Dr. Jennifer Liang discusses the latest Tdap vaccine recommendations in this CDC Expert Commentary on Medscape. CDC is taking measures to fill a gap in the protection of infants from pertussis, by vaccinating pregnant women and people in contact with infants younger than 1 year.
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| PKID's Whooping Cough |
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| One mother shares the heart-wrenching account of her family's struggles with pertussis, commonly called "whooping cough." Pertussis can be a very serious disease, especially for infants. Family members and other caregivers, including healthcare providers, of newborns and older infants should receive Tdap vaccine. |
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| Pertussis Videos |
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| This video collection, from the Immunization Action Coalition, includes footage of children with whooping cough. |
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| Justine's Story: Pertussis |
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| In response to several vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in their jurisdiction, the St. Clair County [Michigan] Health Department created this video; it was made available by the Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Immunization. In February 2010, Justine lost her 3-month-old son, Collin, to whooping cough (pertussis). This 11-minute video tells Justine's story. |
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| Pertussis: In memory of Gavin |
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| Natalie Norton, mother of baby Gavin, has joined the March of Dimes and sanofi pasteur, the maker of the vaccine, to raise awareness that parents need to get vaccinated to protect their infants from pertussis, a deadly communicable disease. |
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| PKIDs' Pertussis Video |
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| Keri Russell partnered with Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDs) to raise awareness about pertussis (whooping cough) and the importance of pertussis vaccinations for new parents and people who come in close contact with infants. |
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| CDC Healthcare Training Video: Pertussis |
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| Determining who has pertussis can be difficult. Whenever possible, a nasopharyngeal (NP) swab or aspirate should be obtained from all persons with suspected cases. CDC offers two videos (4 min) in English and Spanish that demonstrate how to properly obtain and transport pertussis specimens. |
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| Baby Dies from Pertussis |
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| When Callie was a couple weeks old, she developed a persistent cough, and during a return visit to the doctor, Callie stopped breathing and was rushed to the hospital. Two days later, Callie stopped breathing again and could not be saved. The young infant had contracted pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial disease. |
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