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Nine vaccines were included in the analysis: diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis or DTaP; Haemophilus influenzae type b or Hib; poliovirus; measles, mumps and rubella; hepatitis B; varicella; hepatitis A; pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus.
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
Students receiving a third dose of polio vaccine after the 4th birthday are not required to receive additional doses
3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine
4 doses of DTaP or another combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough)
2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
Others being monitored closely include measles, which has also seen a surge in cases in France since the beginning of the year, and pertussis, cases of which have been gradually going up since 2017.
—Anne Pouzargues, WIRED, 26 July 2024
By the numbers: The number of children receiving three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis — an important benchmark for global immunization coverage — stalled at 84% last year (108 million).
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 16 July 2024
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
Students receiving a third dose of polio vaccine after the 4th birthday are not required to receive additional doses
3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine
4 doses of DTaP or another combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough)
2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
Others being monitored closely include measles, which has also seen a surge in cases in France since the beginning of the year, and pertussis, cases of which have been gradually going up since 2017.
—Anne Pouzargues, WIRED, 26 July 2024
By the numbers: The number of children receiving three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis — an important benchmark for global immunization coverage — stalled at 84% last year (108 million).
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 16 July 2024
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs 
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pertussis
noun
per·tus·sis
pər-ˈtəs-əs
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