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PRO/EDR> Pertussis – New Zealand

Whooping Cough -- New ZealandA new report discusses how rates of whooping cough can be reduced by immunizing women during pregnancy and improving education about the illness. The report Mortality and morbidity of pertussis in children and young people in New Zealand: Special Report 2002-2014, was released today by the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC). It shows rates of whooping cough (also known as pertussis) in New Zealand using data from 2002-2014, for children and young people Read more [...]