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(Reuters) - An independent U.S. advisory panel is amending its recommendations for booster vaccines to prevent whooping cough and expand protection from the disease that has made a comeback in several U.S. states.
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Vaccine panel expands whooping cough coverage
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Public health officials from California told the panel that to date, the state has had 10 infants under 2 months die from whooping cough. CDC researchers told the panel 6 to 8 percent of whooping cough cases are transmitted from grandparents to children.
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