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Kids Health: Pertussis (Whooping Cough) HandoutKids Health: Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Handout
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9th - 10th
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Handout

Kids Health: Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

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This article on children and whooping cough is organized into the following sections: "Pertussis (Whooping Cough)," "Prevention, When to Call Your Child's Doctor, and Professional Treatment," and "Home Treatment." Learn what makes the whooping cough different than the common cold or flu, and learn how to take care of children sick with this bacterial infection.

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pertussis, preventing whooping cough, prevention of whooping cough, treating whooping cough, treatment of whooping cough, whooping cough, whooping cough vaccine, b. pertussis, bordetella pertussis, dtap immunization, kidshealth, nemours foundation

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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