AM 1240 WJON » whooping cough http://wjon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 11:11:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Panel: Pregnant Women, Get Whooping Cough Shot http://wjon.com/panel-pregnant-women-get-whooping-cought-shot/ http://wjon.com/panel-pregnant-women-get-whooping-cought-shot/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:52:20 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=142523 Expert government advisers want every pregnant woman to get a whooping cough vaccination. It's only the second time a vaccine has been recommended during pregnancy. Flu shots are also recommended for pregnant women.

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]]> http://wjon.com/panel-pregnant-women-get-whooping-cought-shot/feed/ 0 Getty Images Whooping Cough Outbreak Slowing in Minnesota http://wjon.com/whooping-cough-outbreak-slowing-in-minnesota/ http://wjon.com/whooping-cough-outbreak-slowing-in-minnesota/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:13:51 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=137648 Minnesota health officials say an outbreak of whooping cough appears to be slowing in the state. In the past two weeks another 190 cases were confirmed. That's nearly the same number of cases that were reported for just one week in mid-September.

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