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Published February 22, 2012, 11:29 AM

Fed advisory panel: All adults should get whooping cough shots

The panel voted today to expand its recommendation to include all those 65 and older who haven't gotten a whooping cough shot as an adult. Children have been vaccinated against whooping cough since the 1940s, but a vaccine for adolescents and adults was not licensed until 2005.

By: Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer

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