0 present participle of whoop --
1 to give a loud, excited shout, especially to show your enjoyment of or agreement with something: --
The reports on whooping cough published last month suggest that pertussis vaccine can lead to neurological damage in only a small number of cases.
The committee has received 503 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccinations which include whooping cough vaccine, the greater proportion of which were minor.
Anybody who has seen a child with whooping cough or struck down with measles knows how sensible it is for children to be immunised.
Most strikingly, that concern welled up during the 1970s in connection with whooping cough vaccine.
During the period 1957–61, there were 200 deaths from whooping cough in this country; by 1982–86, the number had fallen to 29.
In the early 1950s, the number of whooping cough cases was roughly 157,000 a year, compared with 2,000 today.
Immunisation against whooping cough is unquestionably a success story.
Whooping cough immunisation can lead in a small number of cases to severe brain damage.
