Maternal pertussis vaccine during pregnancy protected infants
by The Daily Eye Team November 24 2014, 2:29 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 21 secs“Our results provide good evidence for pregnant women and health professionals to make informed decisions about the effectiveness of maternal vaccination in protecting babies from birth,” researchers from Public Health England wrote in Clinical Infectious Diseases. “Health professionals’ advice has been shown to be important in a woman’s intention for influenza vaccination during pregnancy and against pertussis postpartum.”