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Introduction On June 3 2013 New Jersey Senate’s Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens committee vice chair Senator Fred H. Madden and Senator Madden introduced the Bill S2832; an Act concerning the pertussis vaccine and supplementing. The bill proposes that birthing facilities and hospitals make available information on pertussis vaccines for adults to new mothers. The bill serves as a cautionary measure against the infection of infants by pertussis through transmission from adults in their immediate environment. Pertussis, also called whooping cough, is a respiratory infection caused by a bacteria Bordetella pertussis and it is highly contagious. It is ...
