Pertussis (whooping cough)

Although vaccines have limited its impact in the United States, pertussis still kills millions of people throughout the world each year. In this Children's Channel video, Michael Forbes, MD, an intensivist in the pediatric intensive care unit at Akron Children's, discusses the symptoms of this disease, as well as its treatment and prevention.

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