What is the prevention for whooping cough?

Answer 1

The Pertussis, or whooping cough vaccination is called the DTaP for children and the vaccination for adolescents and adults is called the the Tdap. Both protect against whooping cough, tetanus, and diphtheria.

Answer 2

It's difficult to imagine a more contagious disease than whooping cough. If one person in the family has whooping cough, each person in the house has up to a 90% chance of catching it too. Preventing whooping cough starts by recognizing how young children usually catch the bacteria: from other family members. In most cases, it's a parent or sibling that passes pertussis to a child

Answer 3

Yes, the vaccination for whooping cough is called the Pertussis vaccination. You can get the vaccination from your local health department or doctors office.

Answer 4

yes most of the time