Whooping Cough New Recommendations

Whooping Cough is a highly contagious bacterial disease caused by Bordetella pertussis and a disease that doctors may no longer recognize because it has become so rare. Alarms went off in California in the Fall of 2011, where nine infants have died from the disease. There is a great public service commercial that is targeted for parents where they can hear the baby with the distinct "Whooping Cough." Listen to this commercial put out by the March of Dimes.

Describe these recent outbreaks or outbreaks from other vaccine preventable diseases such as measles or mumps.