Maternal immunization with tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine early in the third trimester results in higher pertussis antibody concentrations in neonates compared with ...

Researchers have studied thousands of pregnant women who got the Tdap vaccine, which aims to prevent tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, aka whooping cough. The vaccine is recommended for pregnant ...

ATLANTA — A panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that pregnant women get vaccinated for whooping cough, the CDC said. A CDC 15-member CDC advisory committee voted 14-0 ...

Two tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccines were licensed in 2005 for use in adults and adolescents in the United States: Adacel (sanofi pasteur) and ...

Among infants of women who received the Tdap pertussis booster vaccine during pregnancy, the risk of contracting pertussis was reduced by an estimated 91 percent during the first two months of life - ...